Prophylaxis and treatment of infective endocarditis in adults: a concise guide. Clin Med 2004;4:545-50. Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to summarize key changes in ...

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for prevention of HACEK bacterial endocarditis before invasive dental procedures should be reserved for selected high-risk patients with prosthetic heart valves ...

Seventy-four of 77 patients with undoubted bacterial endocarditis have had negative ... be removed before treatment is completed, as a prophylaxis against subsequent reinfection of the heart ...

Results from the Euro Heart Survey on valvular heart disease—spanning 92 centers in 25 countries—have revealed that active infective ... information on endocarditis prophylaxis, and only ...

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 ...

Ten days before discharge he received a 9-day course of cephalothin and streptomycin as prophylaxis while ... In this study 4 patients with bacterial endocarditis who were allergic to penicillin ...

The high risk group in whom antibiotic prophylaxis is indicated includes—among others—patients with a history of infective endocarditis as well as patients with artificial valves (surgical as ...

Preventing bacterial infections to protect heart valvesAntibiotic prophylaxis ... heart valves or those who had suffered from endocarditis before. READ ALSO: Expert shares symptoms of the new ...