title: [Infectious endocarditis: old myths and current concepts].
abstract: Updating of several main themes concerning the infectious endocarditis with the aim to denounce various old myths and to precise different actual concepts. The authors consider principally the echocardiographic revolution and the new diagnostic criteria, the bacteriologic pitfalls and the preventive strategies.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Erasme, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sternon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serruys
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Unger
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents