Clinical predictors and prediction rules to estimate initial patient risk for infective endocarditis in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: attention must be paid to the reference standard

Affiliations

• ¹ School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
• ² School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia; Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia.
• ³ Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Australia.
• ⁴ School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].