Non-typhoidal Salmonella vascular infection score

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Non-typhoidal Salmonella vascular infection score


Background

Clinical Criteria

Criterion Score
Hypertension +1
Male sex +1
Serogroup C1 +1
Coronary artery disease +1
Malignancy -1
Immunosuppressive therapy -1

Interpretation

Score Risk of Endovascular Infection Interpretation
≤0 2% Low risk; no need for further imaging
1 11%
2 39% Not low risk; should get imaging to exclude endovascular infection
3 55%
4 100% (but only 2 cases)

Further Reading

  • Po-Lin Chen and others, A Simple Scoring Algorithm Predicting Vascular Infections in Adults With Nontyphoid Salmonella Bacteremia, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 55, Issue 2, 15 July 2012, Pages 194–200, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cis381