Enterococcus bacteremia
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Background
- Bacteremia caused by an Enterococcus species
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
- ^ 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.
