title: Protecting the heart's protective inner lining. When bacteria of fungi breach a defensive coating of cells, doctors today can fight back.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004452:Echocardiography; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology