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Infective Endocarditis: Modified Duke Criteria
Clinical Criteria: 
1. Two major criteria 
2. One major and three minor
Infective Endocarditis ... Clinical Criteria ... Two major criteria ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases ... #Endocarditis #
Duke's Criteria for Infective Endocarditis
Definite IE - Pathologic Criteria:
 • Pathologic lesions - vegetation or intracardiac
Duke's Criteria ... for Infective Endocarditis ... demonstrating active endocarditis ... evidence of active infection ... #Infective #Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis - Indications for Surgery - "Fun-HEARTS" Mnemonic

Fungal endocarditis
Heart failure (valve dysfunction)
Enterococcus (VRE) endocarditis
Abscess, annular
Infective Endocarditis ... Mnemonic Fungal endocarditis ... FunHEARTS #Mnemonic #Infective ... #Endocarditis # ... cardiothoracic #cardiology #infectiousdiseases
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Rupture, Acute Infective ... Endocarditis, Acute ... - Leaflet: • Infection ... : Infective Endocarditis ... AoV, Unicuspid
HACEK is the acronym commonly used to describe and help doctors to remember a group of
can also cause infective ... endocarditis. ... less than 3% of endocarditis ... More commonly endocarditis ... #Diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Endocarditis - Duke ... Criteria - Major ... Minor MAJOR CRITERIA ... Coxiella burnetii infection ... #Endocarditis
Microorganisms Responsible for Infective Endocarditis

Native valves:
 - Streptococcus viridans 
 - Enterococci 
 - Other streptococci
Responsible for Infective ... Endocarditis ... negative #Infective ... #Endocarditis # ... #Differential #InfectiousDiseases
DENOVA score to predict endocarditis in patients with Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia
 • Duration of symptoms ≥
score to predict endocarditis ... • Origin of infection ... DENOVA #score #endocarditis ... bacteremia #diagnosis #criteria
Causes of blood culture negative infective endocarditis

Bartonella spp, Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Chlamydia spp, Tropheryma whipplei,
culture negative infective ... endocarditis Bartonella ... culture #negative #Endocarditis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Suspected Systemic Infection ... who meet SIRS criteria ... urinary tract infection ... , endocarditis, ... #Indications #Criteria