CHF: Congestive heart failure; CI: Contraindication; DM: Diabetes mellitus; ICU: Intensive care unit; IE: Infective endocarditis ... of days or weeks antibiotic treatment under careful clinical ...

Among the common diseases of the heart, none has been so resistant to treatment and so invariably fatal as subacute bacterial endocarditis. Although isolated cures occurred before the introduction ...

Results of preliminary studies suggest that certain cephalosporin C derivatives may be useful in the treatment of bacterial endocarditis. 11–15 Both cephalothin and cephaloridine have the ...

Endocarditis is the infection and inflammation ... their bloodstream and bind to damaged tissues in the heart. Without treatment, this type of infection can have serious complications, including ...

Intravenous; LV: Left ventricle; NS: Not significant; PVE: Prosthetic valve endocarditis ... to allow a period of days or weeks antibiotic treatment under careful clinical and echocardiographic ...