Prediction rules for ruling out endocarditis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Thomas W van der VaartJan M PrinsRobin SoetekouwGitte van TwillertJan VeenstraBjorn L HerpersWouter RozemeijerRogier R JansenMarc J M BontenJan T M van der MeerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2021)
Only the VIRSTA score had a NPV of at least 98%, but at the expense of a high number of patients classified as high risk and thus requiring TEE.