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Methods: This was a single-centre, observational, retrospective study including patients admitted to Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy, with a diagnosis of AGEI between 2005 and 2025. All patients fulfilled MAGIC criteria for definite or suspected AGEI. Results: During the study period, 37 patients were enrolled. According to MAGIC criteria, 25 patients had a definite AGEI, while 12 met criteria for suspected infection. A microbiological diagnosis was obtained in 31 patients (84%), mainly from blood cultures (68%). Medical treatment alone was chosen for 19 patients (51%), whereas 18 patients received combined medical and surgical treatment. Crude 30-day, 90-day and 1-year mortality estimates were similar between treatment groups, whereas crude 3-year mortality was numerically higher in patients receiving medical treatment alone. Kaplan\u2013Meier analysis showed a non-significant difference in survival according to treatment strategy (log-rank p = 0.160). Conclusions: AGEIs remain a severe and often fatal complication. In this small retrospective cohort, no statistically significant survival difference was observed between treatment strategies, although a clinically meaningful benefit of surgery cannot be excluded. 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