Objective To assess the relation between invasive dental procedures and infective
endocarditis associated with oral streptococci among people with prosthetic heart valves …

Background. Although antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis (IE) has been
recommended for persons with predisposing cardiac conditions (PCCs) for many years, its …

Background: Invasive dental treatments (IDTs) can yield temporary bacteremia and have
therefore been considered a potential risk factor of infective endocarditis (IE). It is …

Background A few years after the publication of the British guidelines, national
recommendations were published by the Swedish Medical Products Agency in October …

Object To assess the relative risk of infective endocarditis associated with various
procedures and the protective efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis by a case-control study …

BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis is a heart infection with a first-year mortality rate of≈
30%. It has long been thought that infective endocarditis is causally associated with …

Objective Bioprosthetic valves are being used with increased frequency for valve
replacement, with controversy regarding risk: benefit ratio compared with mechanical valves …

Background Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a feared complication after heart valve
surgery. Studies on differences in bacteriology in various types of PVE are limited …

Infective endocarditis is a life threatening disease with 30% one year mortality1 that affects 3-
10 per 100 000 population per year—the average general practitioner will see one case …

There have been no published prospective randomized clinical trials that have:(1)
established an association between invasive dental and nondental invasive procedures and …