Infective Endocarditis After Body Art: A Review of the Literature and Concerns

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-225

  Armstrong, Myrna L ^a   DeBoer, Scott ^b   Cetta, Frank ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; American Heart Association guidelines; Antibiotic prophylaxis; Bacteremia; Body piercing; Congential heart disease; Endocarditis; Patient education; Tattooing; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA VALVE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BODY PIERCING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR LOBE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; NIPPLE; NOSE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TATTOOING; TONGUE; UMBILICUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BODY PIERCING; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TATTOOING;

EID: 49549118938     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.02.008     Document Type: Review

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