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

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 ...

Infective Endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the endocardial surface of the heart that is caused by fungi, bacteria or viruses. The high mortality and morbidity rates of IE have encouraged the ...

The genitourinary system was the presumed source of the infection. Endocarditis developed after an elective abortion, despite antibiotic prophylaxis according to American Heart Association ...

A classical study with retrospective review of outcomes from 10 centres has set the standard for elective prophylactic aortic root replacement ... hydraulic dysfunction and bacterial endocarditis.

Updated CDC guidelines on PEP after nonoccupational HIV exposure address newer ART agents and clinical considerations for patients with a history of long-acting ART.

Abbreviations: AB, antibiotic prophylaxis; DOC, docetaxel; ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance score; FEC-D, fluorouracil, epirubicin ...

Competing interests: Victor Leung is a consultant to the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS on doxycycline postexposure prophylaxis implementation and monitoring for antimicrobial ...

This is the first real-world evidence that expanded prophylactic antibiotic use can reduce community transmission of iGAS.

This can be difficult in conditions such as infective endocarditis when the organisms are circulating in low concentrations. In such conditions a delay in identifying the organism and initiating ...

Keywords: Endocarditis, CMR, cardiac MRI, CT, PET/CT, 18F-FDG, Positron Emission Tomography, Labelled Leukocytes, 99mTc-HMPAO, SPECT/CT, Echocardiography, Infective Endocarditis Important note: All ...

Introduction Left-sided infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious infection with a heavy burden for patients and healthcare system. Oral switch after initial intravenous antibiotic therapy may reduce ...