Session 2 ‘Innovative tools for the diagnosis of IE’

28 June 2026

15h45 - 17h15

15h45-16h15: New methods for the microbiological diagnosis of IE (Coralie Bouchiat, France)
16h15-16h45: Echocardiography, the gold standard for IE imaging (Mary Charlotte Philip, France)
16h45-17h15: Imaging studies for IE, beyond the echocardiography (Ricardo Budde, The Netherlands)
17h15-17h45: Presentations selected from abstract submission

Quantification of Staphylococcus aureus DNA in blood using digital droplet PCR – can it be used as a new diagnostic tool for endocarditis? - Linnéa Bredberg, Lund, Sweden
Investigating the link between the Inoculum effect, BlaZ expression and clinical outcome in the CLOCEBA trial - François Vandenesch, Lyon, France
Rethinking Tropheryma whipplei endocarditis: a systemic disease rather than a localized infection? Experience of the German Reference Laboratory - Dinah von Schöning, Leipzig, Germany