Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications

M. Baddour, Larry; R. Wilson, Walter; S. Bayer, Arnold; G. Fowler, Vance; M. Tleyjeh, Imad; J. Rybak, Michael; Barsic, Bruno; B. Lockhart, Peter; H. Gewitz, Michael; E. Levison, Matthew; F. Bolger, Ann; M. Steckelberg, James; S. Baltimore, Robert; M. Fink, Anne; O’Gara, Patrick; A. Taubert, Kathryn; behalf of the American Heart Association Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and Stroke Council, on

doi:10.1161/cir.0000000000000296

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Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications

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Larry M. Baddour

Walter R. Wilson

Arnold S. Bayer

Abstract

Background— Infective endocarditis is a potentially lethal disease that has undergone major changes in both host and pathogen. The epidemiology of infective endocarditis has become more complex with today’s myriad healthcare-associated factors that predispose to infection. Moreover, changes in patho...

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