Bacterial Endocarditis and Periodontal Disease

Bacterial Endocarditis The Disease, Treatment, and Prevention

Endocarditis is a disease characterized by inflammation or infection of the inner surface of the heart (the endocardium). This article will focus on endocarditis that is the result of infection (infective endocarditis). Endocarditis commonly affects heart valves, but may also involve nonvalvular areas or mechanical devices that are implanted in the heart, such as artificial heart valves, pacema...

Enterococcal Infective Endocarditis following Periodontal Disease in Dogs

In humans, one of the major factors associated with infective endocarditis (IE) is the concurrent presence of periodontal disease (PD). However, in veterinary medicine, the relevance of PD in the evolution of dogs' endocarditis remains poorly understood. In order to try to establish a correlation between mouth-associated Enterococcus spp. and infective endocarditis in dogs, the present study ev...

Bacterial Endocarditis

Bacterial Endocarditis and Urology.

was proved to have systemic lupus erythematosus; no heart murmur was heard. One week later she developed a fever and petechiae; urine and blood cultures grew Streptococcus faecalis (see Table). She was treated with steroids and courses of chloramphenicol, erythromycin, and penicillin. One month later a heart murmur had developed, but after an initial response to treatment she relapsed and died....

Bacterial Endocarditis and Mural Thrombi

EMBOLIC phenomena occur with such frequency in the course of bacterial endocarditis as to constitute a cardinal diagnostic feature of this disease. However, it has been noted that the resultant infarcts are less often septic than would be expected if the emboli originated from the infected valvular vegetations.' A previous study of this apparent paradox showed that it is the nonbacterial thromb...

Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis in Dentistry: the New Guidline

The American Heart Association (AHA) has provided new guidelines for infective endocarditis prophylaxis in dentistry. In this paper, written for dentists, major changes in the updated recommendations which dentists should be aware have been discussed. These recommendations address the impact of oral hygiene and type of dental procedures on high-risk patients, risk of adverse reactions of antibi...