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The Duke Criteria for Diagnosing Infective Endocarditis Are Specific: Analysis of 100 Patients with Acute Fever or Fever of Unknown Origin

1996; Oxford University Press; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/clinids/23.2.298

1537-6591

Bruno Hoen, I. Béguinot, Christian Rabaud, R. Jaussaud, Christine Selton‐Suty, Thomas May, P Canton,

Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

were not taken into account for the Beth Israel criteria.However, concern that this improved sensitivity might be counterbalanced by decreased specificity, due especially to false-positive echocardiograms, prompted us to conduct the present study to evaluate the specificity of the Duke criteria.