Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infective endocarditis (new version 2009)

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 2369-2413

  Habib, Gilbert ^a   Hoen, Bruno ^a   Tornos, Pilar ^b   Thuny, Franck ^a   Prendergast, Bernard ^b   Vilacosta, Isidre ^b   Moreillon, Philippe ^b   De Jesus Antunes, Manuel ^b   Thilen, Ulf ^b   Lekakis, John ^b   Lengyel, Maria ^b   Müller, Ludwig ^b   Naber, Christoph K ^b   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^b   Moritz, Anton ^b   Zamorano, Jose Luis ^b   Vahanian, Alec ^a   Auricchio, Angelo ^b   Bax, Jeroen ^b   Ceconi, Claudio ^b   Dean, Veronica ^b   Filippatos, Gerasimos ^a   Funck Brentano, Christian ^b   Hobbs, Richard ^b   Kearney, Peter ^b   McDonagh, Theresa ^b   McGregor, Keith ^a   Popescu, Bogdan A ^b   Reiner, Zeljko ^b   Sechtem, Udo ^b   Sirnes, Per Anton ^b   Tendera, Michal ^b   Vardas, Panos ^b   Widimsky, Petr ^b   Aguilar, Rio ^b   Bongiorni, Maria Grazia ^b   Borger, Michael ^b   Butchart, Eric ^b   Danchin, Nicolas ^a   Delahaye, Francois ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^b   Franzen, Damian ^b   Gould, Kate ^b   Hall, Roger ^b   Hassager, Christian ^b   Kjeldsen, Keld ^b   McManus, Richard ^b   Miró, José M ^b   Mokracek, Ales ^b   Rosenhek, Raphael ^b   San Román Calvar, José A ^b   Seferovic, Petar ^b   Selton Suty, Christine ^a   Uva, Miguel Sousa ^b   Trinchero, Rita ^b   Van Camp, Guy ^b   more..

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEURYSM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; CARDIOBACTERIUM; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COXIELLA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EIKENELLA; EMBOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HAEMOPHILUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINGELLA; LEGIONELLA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYCOPLASMA; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDITIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLEEN ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STROKE; TROPHERYMA;

CARDIOLOGY; ENDOCARDITIS; EUROPE; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 70349869255     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp285     Document Type: Review

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