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A pragmatic approach to determining the causative organism in suspected endocarditis. ANA = anti-nuclear antibody; anti-dsDNA = anti-double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid; BSAC = British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy; ESC = European Society of Cardiology; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; RF rheumatoid factor; rRNA = ribosomal ribonucleic acid.
