Infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures: IDEA case-crossover study

Infective endocarditis following invasive dental procedures: IDEA case-crossover study

Background: Infective endocarditis is a heart infection with a first-year mortality rate of ≈ 30%. It has long been thought that infective endocarditis is causally associated with bloodstream seeding with oral bacteria in ≈ 40–45% of cases. This theorem led guideline committees to recommend that ind...

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Main Authors: Martin H Thornhill, Annabel Crum, Saleema Rex, Richard Campbell, Tony Stone, Mike Bradburn, Veronica Fibisan, Mark J Dayer, Bernard D Prendergast, Peter B Lockhart, Larry M Baddour, Jon Nicholl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: NIHR Journals Library 2022-05-01
Series:Health Technology Assessment
Subjects:
infective
endocarditis
tooth extraction
dental scaling
root canal therapy
dental care
dentistry
antibiotic prophylaxis
oral streptococci
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/NEZW6709

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