[Prevention of infectious endocarditis].
Although prophylaxis with antibiotics cannot avoid all cases of infectious endocarditis, it remains the main approach capable of reducing the frequency of this severe disease. It consists in using an adapted antibiotic cover in situations exposing to bacteraemia in patients at-risk with known cardiopathy. In France, recommendations have been established by a consensus conference in 1992. The fact that the incidence of this infection has not decreased merits recalling these recommendations.
Service maladies infectieuses et tropicales Hôpital de La Croix-Rousse, Lyon.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Prophylaxie des endocardites infectieuses.