Paper II
Question
Duke’s criteria is often used in the diagnosis
Answer
Correct answer: a) Infective endocarditis
The (modified) Duke criteria are the standard diagnostic criteria for infective endocarditis, combining major criteria (positive blood cultures with typical organisms, evidence of endocardial involvement on echocardiography) and minor criteria (predisposing heart condition, fever, vascular/immunologic phenomena, microbiological evidence not meeting major criteria) to classify cases as definite, possible, or rejected infective endocarditis.