Prevention of Infective Endocarditis

Invasive Methicillin-Resistant <EMPH TYPE="ITAL">Staphylococcus aureus</EMPH> Infections in the United States

2007 • 3,717 citations

Prevention of Infective Endocarditis

2007 • 2,662 citations

Bacteremia Associated With Toothbrushing and Dental Extraction

2008 • 750 citations

Guidelines on Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Infective Endocarditis Executive Summary The Task Force on Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology

2004 • 720 citations

Dental and Cardiac Risk Factors for Infective Endocarditis: A Population-Based, Case-Control Study

1998 • 467 citations

Prevention of Infective Endocarditis

1995 • 421 citations

Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

2006 • 392 citations

Prevention of Bacterial Endocarditis

1997 • 379 citations

BACTERIÆMIA AND ORAL SEPSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ÆTIOLOGY OF SUBACUTE ENDOCARDITIS

1935 • 355 citations

Efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of native-valve endocarditis

1992 • 350 citations

Dentists Are Innocent! ``Everyday'' Bacteremia Is the Real Culprit: A Review and Assessment of the Evidence That Dental Surgical Procedures Are a Principal Cause of Bacterial Endocarditis in Children

1999 • 343 citations

How important are dental procedures as a cause of infective endocarditis?

1984 • 332 citations

Complicated Left-Sided Native Valve Endocarditis in Adults

2003 • 332 citations

Experimental endocarditis I. Staphylococcal endocarditis in rabbits resulting from placement of a polyethylene catheter in the right side of the heart.

1970 • 304 citations

Identification of High-Risk and Low-Risk Subgroups of Patients with Mitral-Valve Prolapse

1989 • 300 citations

TRANSIENT BACTEREMIA AND ENDOCARDITIS PROPHYLAXIS. A REVIEW

1977 • 298 citations

Emergence of high rates of antimicrobial resistance among viridans group streptococci in the United States

1996 • 294 citations

Executive Summary: A Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections in Acute Care Hospitals

2008 • 281 citations

Risk Factors for Infective Endocarditis

2000 • 227 citations

RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

1993 • 212 citations

A Controlled Evaluation of the Risk of Bacterial Endocarditis in Persons with Mitral-Valve Prolapse

1982 • 207 citations

Chemotherapy of Experimental Streptococcal Endocarditis. I. COMPARISON OF COMMONLY RECOMMENDED PROPHYLACTIC REGIMENS

1973 • 206 citations

Bacteremia with gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures

1986 • 194 citations

Pathoanatomic, Pathophysiologic and Clinical Correlations in Endocarditis

1974 • 193 citations

Estimated Risk of Endocarditis in Adults with Predisposing Cardiac Conditions Undergoing Dental Procedures With or Without Antibiotic Prophylaxis

2006 • 192 citations

Infective Endocarditis—A Prospective Study at the End of the Twentieth Century

2001 • 178 citations

Vaccination with a recombinant fragment of collagen adhesin provides protection against Staphylococcus aureus-mediated septic death.

1998 • 177 citations

Does prophylaxis prevent postdental infective endocarditis? A controlled evaluation of protective efficacy

1990 • 173 citations

Hurst's the Heart, Arteries and Veins

1998 • 173 citations

Transient Bacteremia Associated with Sigmoidoscopy

1973 • 171 citations

Transitory bacteremia

1954 • 166 citations

Impact of Amoxicillin Prophylaxis on the Incidence, Nature, and Duration of Bacteremia in Children After Intubation and Dental Procedures

2004 • 160 citations

Protective efficacy of antibodies to the Staphylococcus aureus type 5 capsular polysaccharide in a modified model of endocarditis in rats

1997 • 138 citations

Apparent Failures of Endocarditis Prophylaxis

1983 • 131 citations

Gastrointestinal instrumentation, bacteraemia, and endocarditis.

1983 • 131 citations

Endocarditis prophylaxis for patients with mitral valve prolapse

1984 • 122 citations

The "incubation period" of subacute bacterial endocarditis.

1977 • 117 citations

Immunization with fibronectin binding protein from Staphylococcus aureus protects against experimental endocarditis in rats

1993 • 114 citations

An Analysis of Bacteremias During Dental Extractions

1996 • 113 citations

Prospective risk assessment of bacteremia and other infectious complications in patients undergoing EUS-guided FNA

2003 • 112 citations

ORAL MICROFLORA AS A CAUSE OF ENDOCARDITIS AND OTHER DISTANT SITE INFECTIONS

1999 • 111 citations

A quantitative assessment of pre-dental antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with mitral-valve prolapse

1984 • 110 citations

Prevalence, duration and aetiology of bacteraemia following dental extractions

2007 • 109 citations

Epidemiology of Bacterial Endocarditis in the Netherlands

1992 • 107 citations

Infective endocarditis following orthotopic heart transplantation: 10 cases and a review of the literature

2004 • 102 citations

Thirty-day mortality and long-term survival following surgery for prosthetic endocarditis: a study from the UK heart valve registry1

1998 • 101 citations

Blood sampling and cultural studies in the detection of postoperative bacteremias

1960 • 101 citations

Chemotherapy of experimental streptococcal endocarditis. IV. Further observations on prophylaxis.

1975 • 99 citations

Cost-effectiveness of infective endocarditis prophylaxis for mitral valve prolapse with or without a mitral regurgitant murmur

1994 • 90 citations

NOTES ON 250 CASES OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL (STREPTOCOCCAL) ENDOCARDITIS STUDIED AND TREATED BETWEEN 1927 AND 1939

1945 • 90 citations

Successful Prophylaxis of Experimental Streptococcal Endocarditis with Single-Dose Amoxicillin Administered after Bacterial Challenge

1990 • 90 citations

A prospective controlled study of the risk of bacteremia in emergency sclerotherapy of esophageal varices

1991 • 89 citations

Role of the Vegetation in Experimental Streptococcus viridans Endocarditis

1974 • 89 citations

Does the risk of infective endarteritis justify routine patent ductus arteriosus closure?

1997 • 89 citations

THE RISKS OF DENTAL EXTRACTION DURING PENICILLIN TREATMENT

1962 • 89 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis after normal delivery--is it necessary?

1980 • 89 citations

Bacterial endocarditis: a consideration for physician and dentist

1984 • 87 citations

Prospective assessment of risk of bacteremia with colonoscopy and polypectomy

1987 • 87 citations

Bacteraemia caused by periodontal probing

1997 • 84 citations

MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE AS A RISK FACTOR FOR INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

1989 • 83 citations

Bacterial adhesion in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis. Effect of subinhibitory antibiotic concentrations on streptococcal adhesion in vitro and the development of endocarditis in rabbits.

1981 • 82 citations

Contribution for choosing the optimal prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis

1987 • 80 citations

Penicillin-Sensitive Streptococcal Endocarditis

1974 • 79 citations

Vancomycin prophylaxis of experimental Streptococcus sanguis. Inhibition of bacterial adherence rather than bacterial killing.

1981 • 76 citations

Prevalence, intensity and nature of bacteraemia after toothbrushing

2008 • 73 citations

Bacterial endocarditis

1965 • 72 citations

Protection against endocarditis due to Staphylococcus epidermidis by immunization with capsular polysaccharide/adhesin.

1991 • 72 citations

Staphylococcus aureus and Other Bacteremias in Hemodialyis Patients: Antibiotic Therapy and Surgical Removal of Access Site

2000 • 72 citations

Risk of infective endocarditis in mitral valve prolapse with and without precordial systolic murmurs

1987 • 71 citations

Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Bacterial Endocarditis Cost-Effective?

2005 • 71 citations

Bennett and Brachman’s Hospital Infections

2008 • 70 citations

Antibiotics for the prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis in dentistry

2008 • 68 citations

Infective endocarditis and the dental practitioner: a review of 53 cases involving litigation

1997 • 67 citations

Antibiotic prophylaxis of experimental endocarditis after dental extractions.

1988 • 66 citations

Mechanisms of Successful Amoxicillin Prophylaxis of Experimental Endocarditis Due to Streptococcus intermedius

1986 • 65 citations

Antibody to the Capsular Polysaccharide/Adhesin Protects Rabbits against Catheter-Related Bacteremia Due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci

1990 • 65 citations

Endocarditis with the Indwelling Balloon-tipped Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Burn Patients

1978 • 63 citations

Predictors of Endocarditis in Isolates from Cultures of Blood Following Dental Extractions in Rats with Periodontal Disease

1988 • 61 citations

Successful Prophylaxis Against Experimental Streptococcal Endocarditis with Bacteriostatic Antibiotics

1982 • 59 citations

Short-term intramuscular therapy with procaine penicillin plus streptomycin for infective endocarditis due to viridans streptococci.

1978 • 59 citations

Infective endocarditis

1993 • 56 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in the surgical patient: a prospective analysis of 73 postoperative patients who developed Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at a tertiary care facility1

2000 • 53 citations

Infective endocarditis in obstetric and gynecologic practice

1986 • 52 citations

Transient Bacteremia Associated With Barium Enema

1975 • 52 citations

Vaccination with FimA from Streptococcus parasanguis Protects Rats from Endocarditis Caused by Other Viridans Streptococci

2002 • 50 citations

Significance of penicillin tolerance in-vivo: prevention of experimental Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis

1983 • 50 citations

Experimental Bacterial Endocarditis After Dental Extractions in Rats with Periodontitis

1987 • 50 citations

Bacterial endocarditis after Hurst bougienage in a patient with a benign esophageal stricture and mitral valve prolapse

1985 • 49 citations

Chemotherapy of experimental streptococcal endocarditis. VI. Prevention of enterococcal endocarditis.

1977 • 49 citations

The dentist and prevention of infective endocarditis

1975 • 47 citations

Topical antibiotic prophylaxis for bacteremia after dental extractions

2001 • 47 citations

Efficacy of azithromycin or clarithromycin for prophylaxis of viridans group streptococcus experimental endocarditis

1997 • 44 citations

Bacteriæmia and Septicæmia after Urological Operations

1958 • 43 citations

Antimicrobial resistance of Staphylococcus aureus and oral streptococci strains from high-risk endocarditis patients.

2005 • 41 citations

Bacteremia after Rectal Examination

1978 • 41 citations

Endocarditis following skin procedures

1993 • 41 citations

Effect of immunization on susceptibility to experimental Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis

1978 • 40 citations

Enterococcal Endocarditis Following Sigmoidoscopy and Mitral Valve Prolapse

1984 • 40 citations

A critical appraisal of antibiotic prophylaxis.

1989 • 40 citations

Lesson of the Week: Bacterial endocarditis: a complication of gastroscopy

1988 • 39 citations

Enterococcal endocarditis following flexible sigmoidoscopy.

1984 • 38 citations

Incidence and Short-term Prognosis of Infective Endocarditis in Denmark, 1980-1997

2003 • 37 citations

Risk of Bacteremia Induced by Transesophageal Echocardiography: Analysis of 100 Consecutive Procedures

1992 • 36 citations

Influence of preformed antibody on experimental Streptococcus sanguis endocarditis

1979 • 35 citations

Infectious Endocarditis After Fiberoptic Sigmoidoscopy With a Literature Review

1991 • 35 citations

Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to cardiobacterium hominis occurring after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

1991 • 33 citations

Infective Endocarditis and Mitral Prolapse A Comparison With Other Types of Endocarditis

1981 • 33 citations

Prophylaxis of experimental endocarditis in rabbits using one or two doses of amoxycillin

1983 • 32 citations

Incidence of bacteremia with elective upper gastrointestinal endoscopic laser therapy

1985 • 32 citations

Risk of bacteremia with endoscopic sphincterotomy.

1987 • 31 citations

Antibiotic use in dermatologic surgery

2003 • 30 citations

Comparison of single and multiple doses of prophylactic antibiotics in experimental streptococcal endocarditis.

1987 • 28 citations

The Risk of Bacterial Endocarditis During Antirheumatic Prophylaxis

1967 • 27 citations

A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis for Febrile Children Who Have Cardiac Lesions and Undergo Urinary Catheterization in the Emergency Department

2004 • 25 citations

Prosthetic valve endocarditis

1987 • 23 citations

Role of culture conditions and immunization in experimental nutritionally variant streptococcal endocarditis

1985 • 20 citations

Effect of Type-Specific Active Immunization on the Development and Progression of Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa Endocarditis

1979 • 20 citations

Endocarditis After the Use of an Oral Irrigation Device

1977 • 20 citations

Effect of immunization on the genesis of pneumococcal endocarditis in rabbits

1981 • 20 citations

Ampicillin-sulbactam is effective in prevention and therapy of experimental endocarditis caused by beta-lactamase-producing coagulase-negative staphylococci

1996 • 18 citations

The effects of oral surgery on the course of patients with diseases of the heart

1942 • 18 citations

Activity of amoxycillin, alone, and in combination with aminoglycoside antibiotics against streptococci associated with bacterial endocarditis

1977 • 15 citations

Some Tragic Results Following Extraction of teeth. II.

1939 • 14 citations

Single-Dose Rifampin Prophylaxis for Experimental Endocarditis Induced by High Bacterial Inocula of Viridans Streptococci

1987 • 13 citations

Prospective study of bacteremia during transesophageal echocardiography

1993 • 9 citations

Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics

1977 • 9 citations