INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS: TREATMENT AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE (part III)

Abstract

The present paper completes a series of papers on the current aspects of infective endocarditis (IE). It also presents detailed antibacterial treatment schemes for IE in relation of an isolated pathogen. The authors show it expedient to use of glucocorticoids in IE and give indications for their administration. The basic principles of antibiotic prevention of IE are considered in various IE risk groups.