Prophylactic antibiotic treatment to prevent infective endocarditis
In recent years, guidelines have overhauled antibiotic prophylaxis for endocarditis. Learn more about what the current practice is.
Antibiotics used to be prescribed very generously to patients at risk for endocarditis, who were undergoing a dental procedure. In this lesson, our expert explains why the indications have been narrowed and which patients should still receive antibiotic prophylaxis.
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