Letter

NICE on infective endocarditis

A call for national monitoring of antibiotic prophylaxis

BMJ 2008; 336 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39563.556343.80 (Published 1 May 2008)
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:976.2

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  1. Neil Herring, clinical lecturer in cardiovascular medicine, Oxford University specialist registrar in cardiology,
  2. David C Sprigings, consultant cardiologist
  1. 1Northampton General Hospital, Northampton NN1 5BD
  1. neilherring{at}doctors.org.uk

    The UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recently published guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infective endocarditis in high risk patients with structural heart disease.1 2 The guidelines no longer recommend their use during dental and other invasive procedures of the respiratory tract, genitourinary tract, and upper and lower gastrointestinal …

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