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== Background ==
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==Background==
   
* [[Bacteremia]] caused by an [[Enterococcus species]]
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*[[Bacteremia]] caused by an [[Enterococcus species]]
   
== Management ==
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===DENOVA Score===
 
===DENOVA Score===

Revision as of 06:51, 2 August 2020

Background

Management

DENOVA Score

  • Determines need for echocardiographyCiteRef:berge2018th
  • Criteria:
    • Duration of symptoms (≥7 days)
    • Embolization (clinical or radiographic)
    • Number of positive cultures ≥2
    • Origin of infection unknown
    • Valve disease: native valve disease, previous IE, or the presence of a valve prosthesis
    • Auscultation of murmur (any)
  • A cutoff of ≥3 had sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 85% for endocarditis

References

  1. ^  Andreas Berge, Andrea Krantz, Helena Östlund, Pontus Nauclér, Magnus Rasmussen. The DENOVA score efficiently identifies patients with monomicrobial Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia where echocardiography is not necessary. Infection. 2018;47(1):45-50. doi:10.1007/s15010-018-1208-3.