Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(7):647-648. From the beginning, the scientific basis for recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis was not well established. The evidence supporting prophylaxis ...

What is not clear is whether such events place dental patients at significant risk of infective endocarditis, and if the risks of antimicrobial prophylaxis outweigh the possible benefits on an ...

The 2015 update was triggered by a study suggesting that the incidence of infective endocarditis may have been affected by the 2008 guidance. As a precaution, NICE reviewed the evidence relating to ...

A discussion of antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis is beyond the scope of this review, and readers are referred to the most recent guidelines for details (http ...

AVERT, the Artificial Valve Endocarditis Reduction Trial ... devices where routine secondary prophylaxis for the prevention of device infection was not recommended for patients undergoing ...

After the American Heart Association (AHA) released more restrictive recommendations regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis (IE) in 2007, there was a concerning decline in ...

Guidelines regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of infective endocarditis in dental patients are misinterpreted, not carried out properly, and need clarification. The commentary was ...

Specifically, the committee addressed long-standing recommendations for the appropriateness of antimicrobial prophylaxis for infective endocarditis prior to specific dental, gastrointestinal and ...

Known as infective endocarditis, or bacterial endocarditis ... in the Clinical Medicine Journal states that, "Antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for those individuals at high risk of developing ...

We propose to update recommendation 1.1.3 in the NICE guideline on prophylaxis against infective endocarditis. The update will focus on antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis for people ...

Cardiac patients in whom endocarditis prophylaxis is recommended include those with prosthetic heart valves or a history of infective endocarditis (IE), cardiac-transplant recipients who develop ...