[Poder diagnóstico de infección bacteriana de LIAISON MeMed BV® en los pacientes adultos atendidos en urgencias por sospecha de infección].

Objective: To analyze the diagnostic accuracy of the new MeMed® test to predict bacterial infection in adult patients seen in emergency departments (ED) with clinical suspicion of infection, as well as to compare its performance with other commonly used biomarkers (protein C reactive-PCR-, procalcitonin -PCT-).

Methods: A prospective, observational and analytical study was carried out on adult patients who were treated in an ED with the clinical diagnosis of an infectious process. Follow-up was carried out for 30 days.

Predicting bacteremia in patients attended for infections in an emergency department: the 5MPB-Toledo model.

Objectives: To develop a simple risk score to predict bacteremia in patients in our hospital emergency department for infection.

Material And Methods: Retrospective observational cohort study of all blood cultures ordered in the emergency department for adults (aged 18 or older) from July 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019. We gathered data on 38 independent variables (demographic, comorbidity, functional status, and laboratory findings) that might predict bacteremia.

[Predictive factors of bacteraemia in the patients seen in emergency departments due to infections].

Objective: The aim of the study was to analyze predictive factors of bacteraemia in patients seen in the emergency department (ED) for an episode of infectious disease.

Methods: Observational, retrospective and descriptive analytical study of all blood cultures extracted in an ED in adult patients (≥ 18 years) seen in ED due to infec-tious disease from 1-1-2019 to 1-7-2019. The follow-up was carried out during 30 days.

Role of age and comorbidities in mortality of patients with infective endocarditis.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the characteristics of patients with IE in three groups of age and to assess the ability of age and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) to predict mortality.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of all patients with IE included in the GAMES Spanish database between 2008 and 2015.Patients were stratified into three age groups:<65 years,65 to 80 years,and ≥ 80 years.

Ability of procalcitonin to differentiate true bacteraemia from contaminated blood cultures in an emergency department.

Objectives: To analyse and compare the ability of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and leukocytes to differentiate true bacteraemia from contaminated blood cultures in patients seen in the emergency department (ED) for an episode of infectious disease.

Methods: Observational, retrospective and descriptive analytical study of all blood cultures with positive growth extracted in an ED in adult patients (≥18 years) during 2016 and 2017. The follow-up was carried out over a 30-day period to calculate the predictive power and the prognostic performance for true bacteraemia.