Medical management of endocarditis

Br J Hosp Med. 1994 Mar;51(5):236-41.

Abstract

The treatment of infective endocarditis with antibiotics is one of the great medical success stories of this century, reducing mortality from 100% to as low as 10%. It is important for all medical and dental practitioners to be aware of endocarditis as the disease may be inadvertently caused by the treatment of other conditions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aftercare
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Causality
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / etiology
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / mortality
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / therapy
  • Humans
  • Premedication / methods
  • Prognosis

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents