Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor MAJOR CRITERIA: - Persistently +ve blood culture for typical organisms - ECHO: vegetation, dehiscence, abscess - New valvular regurgitation murmur - Coxiella burnetii infection MINOR CRITERIA - Predisposing heart condition or IV drug use - Fever - 38 C - Vascular: emboli to organs / brain, hemorhages - Immunologic : glomerulonephritis, Osler's nodes, Roth spots, rheumatoid factor - Positive blood cultures that do not meet specific criteria #Endocarditis #Duke #Criteria #Score #Major #Minor #Diagnosis
