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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    Duke Criteria for Infective Endocarditis

    Diagnostic criteria for endocarditis.
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    Suspect IE and consider the Duke Criteria in patients with:

    • Prolonged fever (Fever of Unknown Origin).
    • Fever and vascular phenomena (stroke, limb ischemia, physical findings of septic emboli).
    • Persistently positive blood cultures (2 or more).
    • Prosthetic valves who are febrile.
    • Injection drug users who are febrile.
    • A pre-disposing heart condition who are febrile.
    • Fever with a recent history of hospitalization.
    • Formal criteria to diagnose and stratify patients suspected of having infective endocarditis (IE) into “definite”, “possible”, and “rejected”.
    • Should be applied to patients in whom there is a high clinical suspicion of IE.
    • Negative cultures may be confounded by a recent history of treatment with antibiotics.
    • The IE Mortality Risk Score can help risk stratify patients' 6 month outcome once IE is confirmed.

    Patients with IE can have a wide range of clinical features and the diagnosis can be challenging. This criteria is sensitive for disease detection, and has a high negative predictive value.

    Pathological Criteria

    If either is positive, diagnosis is definite (see Evidence for exceptions)

    Major Clinical Criteria

    If both are positive, diagnosis is definite (see Evidence for exceptions)

    Minor Clinical Criteria

    If all are positive, diagnosis is definite (see Evidence for exceptions)

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    Dr. David Durack

    About the Creator

    David Durack, MD, is an infectious disease specialist who is affiliated with Duke University Hospital and has practiced for 46 years. He received his medical degree from University of Western Australia Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Durack's clinical interests include public health, endocarditis, meningitis, septicemia, MRSA, influenza, and vaccines.

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