Clinical criteria in patients with and without evidence of endocarditis on transthoracic echocardiography
| TTE evidence of endocarditis | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical criteria | Evidence (n=43) | No evidence (n=457) | Total (n=500) |
| Values are n (%). | |||
| TTE, transthoracic echocardiography. | |||
| Congenital heart disease | 4 (9.5) | 4 (0.9) | 8 (2) |
| Rheumatic heart disease | 2 (4.8) | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.6) |
| Injected drug use | 16 (40) | 41 (9) | 57 (11) |
| Prosthetic heart valve | 6 (14.3) | 44 (9.7) | 50 (10) |
| Central venous access | 7 (16.7) | 11 (2.4) | 18 (4) |
| Recurrent fever | 35 (81.4) | 201 (44) | 236 (47) |
| Positive blood culture | 38 (88.4) | 147 (32) | 185 (37) |
| Recent use of antibiotics | 22 (51.1) | 230 (50) | 252 (50) |
| Vasculitic/embolic phenomena | 33 (74.4) | 9 (2) | 42 (8) |