: predisposing heart condition or intravenous drug use : temperature > 38.0° C (100.4° F) : major arterial emboli, septic pulmonary infarcts, mycotic aneurysm, intracranial hemorrhage, conjunctival hemorrhages, and Janeway lesions : glomerulonephritis, Osler's nodes, Roth spots (what's this?), and rheumatoid factor : positive blood culture but does not meet a major criterion as noted above¹ or serological evidence of active infection with organism consistent with IE : consistent with IE but do not meet a major criterion as noted above ¹ Excludes single positive cultures for coagulase-negative staphylococci, diphtheroids, and organisms that do not commonly cause endocarditis. |
Duke Clinical Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: |