Antibiotic prophylaxis for dental procedures are we drilling in the wrong direction?

Circulation

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-12

  Lockhart, Peter B ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENTAL PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 84863629674     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.115204     Document Type: Editorial

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