title: Revised diagnostic criteria for infective endocarditis.
abstract: New clinical criteria have been developed for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis that have incorporated precise echocardiographic parameters into the schema. Direct comparisons with the older criteria have now confirmed that the newer criteria are substantially more sensitive than the older criteria in suspected cases of infective endocarditis, while retaining a high specificity and negative predictive value.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bayer
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans