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Antibiotics for the prophylaxis of
bacterial endocarditis in dentistry.
Streptococcus bovis subacute
bacterial endocarditis as a presenting symptom of occult double carcinoma of the colon.
He was subsequently diagnosed with
bacterial endocarditis and died on May 18, 1911 at 41 years of age.
Enterococcus species are also responsible for many clinical infections including those of the urinary tract, bacteremia,
bacterial endocarditis, diverticulitis, and meningitis.
Bacteria that live in the mouth and throat can also cause heart infection (subacute
bacterial endocarditis).
After several hundred years of theory development and research by scientists around the world, the American Heart Association (AHA) published the first document recommending prophylaxis against
bacterial endocarditis. This historic year was 1955.
Acute
bacterial endocarditis was ruled out by trans-thoracic echo (TTE).
According to Karchmer (2001), the intracardiac complications during
bacterial endocarditis show that the mortality rate is unacceptable when the treatment is limited to the use of antibiotics.
Emboli may also occur spontaneously or rarely due to
bacterial endocarditis. (4,5)
Predictors of prognosis and risk of acute renal failure in
bacterial endocarditis. Clin Nephrol 1998; 49:96-101.