Objective.—To provide guidelines for the treatment of endocarditis in adults caused by the
following microorganisms: viridans streptococci and other streptococci, enterococci …

INFECTIVE endocarditis is a microbial infection of the endocardial surface of the heart. It
most frequently involves the heart valves (native or prosthetic) but can occur on the mural …

A penicillin-aminoglycoside regimen is accepted therapy for enterococcal endocarditis, but
use of combinations of antibiotics in other forms of bacterial endocarditis is controversial …

In 206 cases of bacterial endocarditis with positive blood cultures, 95% of 789 blood cultures
were positive for the causative microorganisms. In streptococcal endocarditis, the first blood …

Background.—The frequency of complications of infective endocarditis and their influence
on the outcome of the patients changed in the antibiotic era. Therefore, we evaluated the …

Fifty-six patients with enterococcal endocarditis received 4 weeks of antimicrobial therapy
with penicillin G and streptomycin (36 patients) or, if infections were streptomycin resistant …

During 12 selected years from 1933 to 1965, 337 patients were documented as having
bacterial endocarditis at Boston City Hospital, 43 of them with 2 organisms and 10 with 3 in …

We review the predisposing conditions, the presenting signs and symptoms, as well as the
risk factors and bacterial etiologies in children with infective endocarditis, focusing on …

Ninety-nine patients treated with penicillin G potassium, cephalothin sodium, or vancomycin
hydrochloride were studied to evaluate single-drug therapy for nonenterococcal …

Thirty patients with endocarditis caused by penicillin-susceptible streptococci were enrolled
in one of two groups in this study. Fifteen patients received ceftriaxone (2 g once daily) for 4 …