Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: Time to rethink

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 301-302

  Moulds, Robert F W ^a   Jeyasingham, Melanie S ^b   Currie, Bart J ^c   Daly, Christopher G ^d   Goss, Alastair N ^e   Smith, Julian A ^f   Strathmore, Neil F ^g   Street, Alan C ^h  

^a FIJI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Fiji)

^b Therapeutic Guidelines Limited   (Australia)

^c ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TOOTH BRUSHING;

EID: 53649109693     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02044.x     Document Type: Editorial

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