Performance of the recent Duke criteria versions in patients with suspected infective endocarditis and sufficient cardiac imaging: The more things change, the more they remain the same

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2026
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Abstract Background Even after the major revisions incorporated into the International Society for Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) and 2023 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Duke criteria, approximately one third of cases remain categorized as “possible” IE. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of the Duke criteria in a cohort of patients who underwent guideline-concordant multimodality cardiac imaging. Methods This retrospective study at two Swiss university hospitals (2014-2025), included adult patients with suspected IE who underwent guideline-concordant cardiac imaging. The reference standard was the final diagnosis established by the Endocarditis Team. Each episode was classified according to 2015 Duke-ESC, 2023 Duke-ISCVID, and 2023 Duke-ESC clinical criteria as definite, possible, and rejected IE. Diagnostic performance was assessed using two approaches: (1) definite IE versus possible/rejected IE, and (2) definite/possible IE versus rejected IE. Results Among 3,448 of suspected IE, 1,302 (38%) were adjudicated as IE. The proportion of episodes classified as possible IE remained high: 2015 Duke-ESC: 29%; 2023 Duke-ISCVID: 33%; and 2023 Duke-ESC: 29%. Sensitivity (definite IE vs possible/rejected IE) increased from 63% (95% CI 60-66%) with the 2015 Duke-ESC criteria to 74% (71-76%) with the 2023 Duke-ISCVID criteria and 71% (68-73%) with the 2023 Duke-ESC criteria. Specificity (definite/possible IE versus rejected IE) declined from 72% (70-74%) to 59% (57-61%) and 66% (64-68%), respectively. Conclusions In this large cohort of patients who underwent guideline-concordant imaging, both 2023 Duke criteria increased sensitivity but failed to reduce the persistent diagnostic gray-zone of “possible” IE, highlighting an ongoing limitation with direct clinical and research implications.
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Authors Elisavet Stavropoulou, Maria Padrutt, Berit Siedentop, Pierre A Monney, Michelle Frank, Γεώργιος Τζίμας, Nicolas Fourré, Virgile Zimmermann, Nicoleta Ianculescu, Laurence Senn, Lars Niclauss, Matthias E.W. Kirsch, Mathias Van Hemelrijck, Omer Dzemali, Benoit Guery, Barbara Katharina Hasse, Matthaios Papadimitriou‐Olivgeris
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Journal Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Year 2026
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10.1093/cid/ciag688
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https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciag688
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