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Blood cultures changing needles between inoculation decreased contamination. Level of evidence 2a Expiry Date October 2002 Infective endocarditis echocardiography and ECG helped diagnose perivalvular abscesses. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis transoesophageal echocardiography was better at excluding perivalvular abscesses. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis transthoracic echocardiogram could diagnose but not exclude vegetations. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis two sets of blood cultures detected 99% of cases of septicaemia. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis inadequate antibiotic therapy reduced the chance of positive blood cultures. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis one in fifty blood cultures were contaminated. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis microscopic haematuria was a helpful test. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis Duke criteria excluded better than von Reyn criteria. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis some patients had conduction abnormalities. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis fever, chills and heart murmurs were common. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis a third of patients had new or changed murmurs. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis C-reactive protein was more sensitive than ESR. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Infective endocarditis splinter haemorrhages were not helpful. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2002 Murmur non-cardiologists are poor at diagnosing systolic murmurs Level of evidence 2a Expiry Date July 2002