Infective endocarditis in children following dental extraction and appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis

British Dental Journal

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 64-65

  O'Sullivan, J ^a   Anderson, J ^a   Bain, H ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0030594697     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809160     Document Type: Article

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