Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(7):647-648. From the beginning, the scientific basis for recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis was not well established. The evidence supporting prophylaxis ...

How do the 2007 IE prevention guidelines differ from the prior (1997 [11]) iteration? There are three major differences in the current version. The "highest-risk" group for whom antibiotic prophylaxis ...

A new modeling study suggests that when patients who inject opioids continue an antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis outside of the hospital, they experienced better long-term health ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infective endocarditis is increasingly linked to injection drug use. A group of researchers reviewed almost 600 ...

High BMI and poor physical fitness during later adolescence increase the risk of both contracting and dying from sepsis and other severe bacterial infections in adulthood, according to a study from ...

Death rates related to infective endocarditis declined in most adults across the U.S. within the last two decades, yet accelerated among young adults ages 25 to 44 years old, according to new research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among 1,874 people with DUA-IE, 38% died or had a bacterial infection within 3 years. The most common infections ...

Prevalence and clinical outcomes of acute heart failure among patients with mediastinal radiation exposure: A propensity score matched analysis. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO ...

Increased injection drug use has led to a spike in cases of the life-threatening heart condition endocarditis, with cases rapidly accelerating since the onset of Covid-19. The increased case count is ...