Estimated Risk of Endocarditis in Adults with Predisposing Cardiac Conditions Undergoing Dental Procedures With or Without Antibiotic Prophylaxis | Zendy

X. Duval | Zendy; François Alla | Zendy; Bruno Hoen | Zendy; F. Danielou | Zendy; Sophie Larrieu | Zendy; François Delahaye | Zendy; C. Leport | Zendy; S. Briançon | Zendy

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Estimated Risk of Endocarditis in Adults with Predisposing Cardiac Conditions Undergoing Dental Procedures With or Without Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Author(s) -

X. Duval,

François Alla,

Bruno Hoen,

F. Danielou,

Sophie Larrieu,

François Delahaye,

C. Leport,

S. Briançon

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/504385

Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic prophylaxis , confidence interval , endocarditis , infective endocarditis , epidemiology , population , dental procedure , pediatrics , antibiotics , surgery , dental care , dentistry , environmental health , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Although antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis (IE) has been recommended for persons with predisposing cardiac conditions (PCCs) for many years, its efficacy, which has not been demonstrated, has been recently challenged. To assess its usefulness, we estimated the risk of developing IE after undergoing a dental procedure for which subjects would be eligible for prophylaxis, both in subjects having (protected procedure) or not having (unprotected procedure) received antibiotic prophylaxis.

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