Patients with infective endocarditis who were clinically stable after 2 to 4 weeks of initial antibiotic treatment lived longer with shorter, response-tailored periods of continue ...

Compared with standard treatment, an abbreviated regimen was associated with more relapses but didn’t compromise safety.

In patients with left-sided infective endocarditis, a response-tailored antibiotic strategy conferred more time alive without ...

A response-tailored strategy reduced antibiotic duration by two weeks without compromising the safety of patients with ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued new guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and management of infective endocarditis (IE), a rare and potentially lethal infection of the heart's ...

Patients in stable condition who had endocarditis on the left side of the heart caused by streptococci, Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, or coagulase-negative staphylococci were randomly ...

Bacterial endocarditis, or infective endocarditis, is a rare infection of the heart lining and valves. It is caused by a bacterial infection and results in flu-like symptoms. The condition may become ...

CHF: Congestive heart failure; CI: Contraindication; DM: Diabetes mellitus; ICU: Intensive care unit; IE: Infective endocarditis; iv.: Intravenous; LV: Left ventricle ...

A new modeling study suggests that when patients who inject opioids continue an antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis outside of the hospital, they experienced better long-term health ...

People who inject drugs are dying at an alarming rate from endocarditis, a serious but treatable heart-valve infection. But their odds of survival improve dramatically, even five years after their ...