Characteristics of patients 0–18 years old with infective endocarditis (IE) among patients with congenital heart defects born in Norway in 1994–2016 according to the European Society of Cardiology 2015 criteria for the diagnosis of IE
| Patients, n=36 (%) | |
| Pathological/histological findings | 8 (22) |
| Clinical criteria | |
| Major criteria | |
| Blood cultures positive for IE | |
| Typical micro-organisms | 30 (83) |
| Imaging positive for IE | |
| Echocardiogram positive for IE | 25 (69) |
| Minor criteria | |
| Predisposing heart condition | 36 (100) |
| Fever | 31 (86) |
| Vascular phenomena | 3 (8) |
| Immunological phenomena | 0 (0) |