[Diagnosis of infective endocarditis]

François Delahaye; Guy De Gevigney

doi:10.1016/j.lpm.2019.04.016

[Diagnosis of infective endocarditis]

Presse Med. 2019 May;48(5):522-531. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2019.04.016. Epub 2019 May 18.

[Article in French]

Authors

François Delahaye¹, Guy De Gevigney²

Affiliations

¹ Université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, hôpital Louis-Pradel, hospices civils de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, hôpital Louis-Pradel, hospices civils de Lyon, 69008 Lyon, France.

PMID: 31109768
DOI: 10.1016/j.lpm.2019.04.016

Abstract

Clinical presentations cliniques of infective endocarditis are highly diverse. The diagnosis is often difficult. The two key investigations are blood cultures and echocardiography.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Endocarditis / diagnosis*
Humans