Open AccessHANDOC: A Handy Score to Determine the Need for Echocardiography in Non-β-Hemolytic Streptococcal Bacteremia
Author(s) -
Torgny Sunnerhagen,
Amanda Törnell,
Maria Vikbrant,
Bo Nilson,
Magnus Rasmussen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix880
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , streptococcal infections , streptococcaceae , streptococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , antibiotics , bacteria , biology , genetics
Non-β-hemolytic streptococci (NBHS) can cause infective endocarditis (IE). Echocardiography is used to diagnose IE, but it is not known which patients with NBHS bacteremia should undergo echocardiography.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom