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 ...

Eleven cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis were selected for study. The pertinent information concerning etiologic agent, antibiotic employed, dosage and duration of treatment, as well as the ...

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 ...