Validation of a predictive model for bacteraemia (MPB5-Toledo) in the patients seen in emergency departments due to infections

To validate a simple risk score to predict bacteremia (MPB5-Toledo) in patients seen in the emergency departments (ED) due to infections. Prospective and multicenter observational cohort study of the blood cultures (BC) ordered in 74 Spanish ED for adults (aged 18 or older) seen from October 1, 2019, to February 29, 2020. The predictive ability of the model was analyzed with the area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (AUC-ROC). The prognostic performance for true bacteremia was calculated with the cut-off values chosen for getting the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value. A total of 3.843 blood samples wered cultured. True cases of bacteremia were confirmed in 839 (21.83%). The remaining 3.004 cultures (78.17%) were negative. Among the negative, 172 (4.47%) were judged to be contaminated. Low risk for bacteremia was indicated by a score of 0–2 points, intermediate risk by 3–5 points, and high risk by 6–8 points. Bacteremia in these 3 risk groups was predicted for 1.5%, 16.8%, and 81.6%, respectively. The model’s area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.930 (95% CI, 0.916−0.948). The prognostic performance with a model’s cut-off value of ≥5 points achieved 94.76% (95% CI: 92.97−96.12) sensitivity, 81.56% (95% CI: 80.11−82.92) specificity, and negative predictive value of 98.24% (95% CI: 97.62−98.70). The 5MPB-Toledo score is useful for predicting bacteremia in patients attended in hospital emergency departments for infection. Validar un modelo sencillo de riesgo para predecir bacteriemia (5MPB-Toledo) en los pacientes atendidos en los servicios de urgencias hospitalarios (SUH) por un episodio de infección. Estudio observacional de cohortes prospectivo y multicéntrico de los hemocultivos (HC) obtenidos en 74 SUH españoles en los pacientes adultos (≥18 años) atendidos por infección desde el 1 de octubre de 2019 hasta el 29 de febrero de 2020. Se analizó la capacidad predictiva del modelo con el área bajo la curva (ABC) de la característica operativa del receptor (COR) y se calculó el rendimiento diagnóstico de los puntos de corte (PC) del modelo elegidos con los cálculos de la sensibilidad, la especificidad, el valor predictivo positivo y el valor predictivo negativo. Se incluyeron 3.843 episodios de HC extraídos. De ellos, se consideraron como bacteriemias verdaderas 839 (21,83%) y como HC negativos 3.004 (78,17%). Entre los negativos, 172 (4,47%) se consideraron contaminados. S