Endocardioscopy in bacterial endocarditis?

Bacterial Endocarditis and Periodontal Disease

Bacterial endocarditis is the infection of inner lining of heart and /or heart valves. This disease is usually related to the presence of some pathogenic bacteria in mouth, digestive system or urinary tract. Most of the times, this infection happens in people with heart problems like the presence of prosthetic valves, history of previous endocarditis, some congenital heart defects and heart tra...

Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis in Dentistry: the New Guidline

The American Heart Association (AHA) has provided new guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis in dentistry. In this paper, written for dentists, major changes in the updated recommendations which dentists should be aware have been discussed. These recommendations address the impact of oral hygiene and type of dental procedures on high-risk patients, risk of adverse reactions of antibi...

Bacterial Endocarditis

Progress in bacterial endocarditis.

Introduction The success of penicillin in bacterial endocarditis has created new problems for the clinician. These include the need to make an early diagnosis, the choice of antibiotic, the difficulty of telling whether infection has been eliminated, and the prognosis when infection has been controlled. Moreover, the proper use of antibiotics to prevent bacterial endocarditis is of great import...

Penicillin in Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis

IN the autumn of 1944 a small committee was formed in Belfast to investigate the clinical applications of penicillin, and for various research projects special supplies of penicillin were received from the Medical Research Council of Great Britain. In February, 1945, the committee agreed to accept responsibility in Northern Ireland for a thorough clinical trial of penicillin in subacute bacteri...