title: [Optimalization of antibiotic policy in the Netherlands. VII. SWAB-guidelines for antimicrobial therapy in adults patients with infectious endocarditis].
abstract: The Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (Dutch acronym: SWAB) has developed guidelines for in-hospital antimicrobial therapy of adult patients with infective endocarditis. The choice and the duration of antimicrobial therapy are determined by the infecting micro-organism, the sensitivity of this micro-organism to antimicrobial therapy, the location of the endocarditis (left- or right-sided) and the presence of intracardial prosthetic material. While waiting for the culture results, the antibiotic treatment of an infected native valve is benzylpenicillin (in cases which begin subacutely or have a long history) or flucloxacillin (cases which begin acutely, are fulminant or in i.v. drug users), and gentamicin. If a prosthetic valve is infected then treatment of choice is vancomycin and gentamicin. Further antibiotic treatment depends on the causative micro-organism. Streptococci, enterococci and staphylococci are the most frequently occurring of these.
authors.affiliation: Academisch Medisch Centrum, afd. Inwendige Geneeskunde, Postbus 22.700, 1100 DE Amsterdam.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Verhagen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Feltz
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Plokker
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Buiting
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tjoeng
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: van der Meer
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009426:Netherlands; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents