A change of heart: The new infective endocarditis prophylaxis guidelines

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-200

  Daly, C G ^a,i   Currie, B J ^b,i   Jeyasingham, M S ^c,i   Moulds, R F W ^d,i   Smith, J A ^e,i   Strathmore, N F ^f,i   Street, A C ^g,i   Goss, A N ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Therapeutic Guidelines Limited   (Australia)

^d FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁱ Therapeutic Guidelines Limited

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Guidelines; Infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUSTRALIA; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49849104740     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2008.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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