In this episode, Callum and Jame discuss the latest evidence base for endocarditis assessment & management, focusing on the ESC 2023 guidance. 

• Epidemiology! 
• Prophylaxis! 
• How to take a blood culture! 
• A long and complicated comparison of the Duke-ISCVID and Duke-ESC criteria that doesn’t really matter because they’re both as good as each other! 

AND MORE

…in part 2 because this is a 2-parter sorry 

SEE YOU NEXT TIME! 

Show notes for this episode here: https://idiots.notion.site/111-112-Endocarditis-2023-Update-3594d55559314434a3b87d4c30ec41f3 

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