ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENT BEFORE DENTAL PROCEDURES IN PATIENTS WITH BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
Infective endocarditis is a rare condition with significant morbidity and mortality. It may arise following bacteraemia in a patient with a predisposing cardiac lesion. In an attempt to prevent this disease, over the past 50 years, at-risk patients have been given antibiotic prophylaxis before denta...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Peytchinski Publishing
2010-12-01
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Series: | Journal of IMAB |
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Online Access: | https://www.journal-imab-bg.org/statii-10/vol16_b4_p77-79.pdf |