Small dent observed over 25 years, but trends worsening in young, male, and non-urban popu ...

A new national study found that hospitalizations for serious heart infections associated with drug use are declining after ...

Among patients with infective endocarditis on the left side of the heart, a response-tailored antibiotic strategy shortened the duration of treatment by about 15 days compared with standard therapy, ...

A new randomized trial suggests stopping antibiotics once patients with infective endocarditis are clinically stable can ...

Endocarditis is a life-threatening disease that involves inflammation of the endocardium, heart valve, and vascular intima. Endocarditis is caused by pathogenic bacteria - around 90% of the cases are ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

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 ...

According to an investigation in the November 23/30 issue of JAMA, approximately two-thirds of individuals with heart failure and infective endocarditis receive valvular surgery, which is associated ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27(7):647-648. From the beginning, the scientific basis for recommendations for endocarditis prophylaxis was not well established. The evidence supporting prophylaxis ...

Infective endocarditis, a microbial infection of the endocardial surface of the heart, has been classified as “acute” or “subacute–chronic” on the basis of the tempo and severity of the clinical ...