Infective endocarditis in children: the changing profile.
This article discusses the principles for diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis in children. There has generally been a consistent volume of streptococcus endocarditis, the major lesion in pediatric endocarditis, but there has been an increase in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis as well as neonatal endocarditis. Neonatal endocarditis is a severe form of the disease.
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.
D002648:Child; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*