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Non-typhoid Salmonella Vascular Infection

Chen-NTSVI score [@Chen2012simplescoring]

RIsk factors Point
male sex +1
hypertension +1
coronary arterial disease +1
serogroup C1 +1
immunosuppressive therapy -1
malignancy -1

≥ +1 → arrange CT
Se: 95.0%
Sp: 45.3%
AUC: 0.83 (0.78-0.89)

TTP-NTSVI score [@Lin2018Utilityblood]

RIsk factors Point
male sex +6
PAD +4
coronary arterial disease +3
TTP < 10h +3

≥ +7 → arrange CT
Se: 70.6%
Sp: 82.5%
AUC: 0.851

Reference

  1. Chen, P.L., Lee, C.C., Li, C.Y., Chang, C.M., Lee, H.C., Lee, N.Y., Wu, C.J., Shih, H.I., Tang, H.J. & Ko, W.C. (2012) A simple scoring algorithm predicting vascular infections in adults with nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 55 (2), 194–200. doi:10.1093/cid/cis381.
  2. Lin, J.J., Weng, T.H., Tseng, W.P., Chen, S.Y., Fu, C.M., Lin, H.W., Liao, C.H., Lee, T.F., Hsueh, P.R. & Chen, S.Y. (2018) Utility of a blood culture time to positivity-incorporated scoring model in predicting vascular infections in adults with nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremia. Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection. 51 (5), 652–658. doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2018.01.004.