Impact of the Blood Culture Technique on the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients older than 18 years * Suspected endocarditis: Patients with Duke-Li-ESC 2015 classification as a major morphological criterion or at least two minor criteria, other than a microbiological criterion, will be considered suspicious of infectious endocarditis. * Not objecting to their inclusion in the study after delivery and explanation of the information form. * Absence of microbiological documentation sought or available at the time of inclusion (a patient having already had negative blood cultures or being identified during the screening can be included). Exclusion Criteria: * Antibiotherapy adapted to a situation of endocarditis, introduced more than 24 hours or stopped for less than 7 days in case of therapeutic window. * Any previous antibiotic therapy in the 7 days preceding the inclusion leading to an improvement in the clinical symptomatology. * State of consciousness not allowing loyal information.