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Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... vegetation, dehiscence, abscess ... Coxiella burnetii infection ... MINOR CRITERIA ... drug use - Fever
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
clinical criteria ... clinical criteria ... clinical criteria ... • Fever • Vascular ... evidence of active infection
Endocarditis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it? Inflammation of endocardium, typically secondary to infection of
typically secondary to infection ... Diagnosis: Duke Criteria ... w/ vegetation/abscess ... predisposition/lVDU, Fever ... Summary #duke #criteria
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... → TEE • Duke Criteria ... Persistent bacteremia/fevers