The 2023 Duke-International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases Criteria for Infective Endocarditis: Updating the Modified Duke Criteria

Vance G. Fowler, David T. Durack, Christine Selton-Suty, Eugene Athan, Arnold S. Bayer, Anna Lisa Chamis, Anders Dahl, Louis DiBernardo, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Xavier Duval, Claudio Querido Fortes, Emil Fosbøl, Margaret M. Hannan, Barbara Hasse, Bruno Hoen, Adolf W. Karchmer, Carlos A. Mestres, Cathy A. Petti, María Nazarena Pizzi, Stephen D. PrestonAlbert Roque, Francois Vandenesch, Jan T. M. van der Meer, Thomas W. van der Vaart, Jose M. Miro

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Abstract

The microbiology, epidemiology, diagnostics, and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE) have changed significantly since the Duke Criteria were published in 1994 and modified in 2000. The International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) convened a multidisciplinary Working Group to update the diagnostic criteria for IE. The resulting 2023 Duke-ISCVID IE Criteria propose significant changes, including new microbiology diagnostics (enzyme immunoassay for Bartonella species, polymerase chain reaction, amplicon/metagenomic sequencing, in situ hybridization), imaging (positron emission computed tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose, cardiac computed tomography), and inclusion of intraoperative inspection as a new Major Clinical Criterion. The list of "typical" microorganisms causing IE was expanded and includes pathogens to be considered as typical only in the presence of intracardiac prostheses. The requirements for timing and separate venipunctures for blood cultures were removed. Last, additional predisposing conditions (transcatheter valve implants, endovascular cardiac implantable electronic devices, prior IE) were clarified. These diagnostic criteria should be updated periodically by making the Duke-ISCVID Criteria available online as a "Living Document."
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)518-526
Number of pages9
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume77
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2023

Keywords

  • Duke Criteria
  • ISCVID
  • PET/CT
  • echocardiography
  • endocarditis

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