Antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Cahill TJ, Harrison JL, Jewell P, Onakpoya I, Chambers JB, Dayer M, Lockhart P, Roberts N, Shanson D, Thornhill M, Heneghan CJ, Prendergast BD.
Cahill TJ, et al.
Heart. 2017 Jun;103(12):937-944. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-309102. Epub 2017 Feb 17.
Heart. 2017.
PMID: 28213367
Free article.
Review.
OBJECTIVE: The use of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) for prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) is controversial. In recent years, guidelines to cardiologists and dentists have advised restriction of AP to high-risk groups (in Europe and the USA) or against its use …
OBJECTIVE: The use of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) for prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) is controversial. In recent ye …