[9] Despite the ongoing lack of randomized, placebo-controlled trials to evaluate the efficacy and safety of antibiotic prophylaxis for certain dental and nondental procedures, the AHA has ...

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

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing aortic or aortoiliac surgery. • Other interventions assessed appear to make little or no difference in reducing the incidence ...