• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Objectives Infective endocarditis (IE) is a devastating disease with a 50% 1-year mortality
rate. In recent years, medical authorities across the globe advised stricter criteria for …

Objective: It is crucial to understand how individuals perceive the impact of oral disorders
and the treatment associated with or received for those disorders on their quality of life. A …

Background It is not clear whether Viridans Group Streptococcal Infective Endocarditis (VGS-
IE) among individuals at high risk is more frequent following bacteraemia caused by …

The development of medico-administrative databases over the last few decades has led to
an evolution and to a significant production of epidemiological studies on infectious …

Finasteride, a 5α-reductase inhibitor used in benign prostatic hyperplasia and androgenetic
alopecia, has been associated with an increased suicidal risk, whereas it is unclear whether …

Antibiotic prophylaxis before an invasive dental procedure (IDP) for patients with preexisting
knee implants has been suggested, but its use has yet to reach consensus. Therefore, we …

Purpose Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe bacterial infection. As a measure of
prevention, the administration of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) prior to dental procedures was …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine if hemodialysis patients who have
undergone an invasive dental treatment are at risk of developing infective endocarditis …

This focused review highlights the latest issues in native valve infective endocarditis (NVIE).
Native valve disease moderately increases the risk of developing IE. In 2023, new …