Infective endocarditis (IE) is by far the most common ... More recently, the modified Duke classification has redefined definite, possible and rejected cases based on the presence or absence ...

The Duke criteria for endocarditis are summarized below. These were originally proposed in 1994 to help establish the diagnosis of endocarditis. Two major and one minor criteria are needed to ...

All patients were diagnosed having IE according to Duke standard criteria. Before starting antibiotic therapy, WBC, CRP and PCT were measured and blood cultures were taken for microbiological ...