Infective endocarditis: Rationale for revised guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Gopalakrishnan, Prabhakaran P ^a   Shukla, Sanjay K ^b   Tak, Tahir ^c  

^a JPS Health Network   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c Franciscan Skemp/Mayo Hlthcare S   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cardiac valves; Endocarditis prophylaxis; Infections; Infective endocarditis; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; DENTAL CARE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72649104505     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.2009.848     Document Type: Review

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