Changes in the Etiological Structure and Specifics When Choosing Antibacterial Therapy Against Infective Endocarditis in Pediatric Practice

Abstract

Infective endocarditis in children is a rare disease, which often has an extremely serious prognosis. The most common risk factor for infective endocarditis in this category of patients is the history of congenital heart disease. At the same time, currently, the disruption of the integrity of the peripheral vascular bed is increasingly noted, among the predisposing causes, due to invasive diagnostic and therapeutic medical procedures, as well as severe somatic diseases. In accordance with the developed recommendations, the appointment of antibacterial therapy for infective endocarditis should be based on etiotropic orientation. Taking these circumstances into account, the article presents an overview of the data reflecting the issues of etiology and choice of antibacterial therapy for infective endocarditis in pediatric practice.

Keywords

• infective endocarditis
• pediatric practice
• risk factors
• etiology
• antibacterial therapy