Infective Endocarditis: Rationale for Revised Guidelines for Antibiotic Prophylaxis

Assessment of Knowledge of Dental Staff at a Saudi Arabian University Regarding the Prophylaxis for Infective Endocarditis

“…As a result, prophylactic treatment varies considerably amongst different countries across the world [2] and the most common guidelines are from the American Heart Association (AHA), the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) and the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [2, 3]. These guidelines continue to be updated as new evidence is published and this impacts on the cardiac conditions that require prophylaxis and the different types of dental procedures that necessitate the need for ABs [2, 3]. A review by the Canadian Pediatric Society [3] reported a wide variation between the different guidelines and an equally wide variation between the earlier and later versions of guidelines developed by the same authorizing body.…”

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Infective Endocar- Ditis in Dentistry

“…Кроме того, есть противоречивые данные относительно антибиотикопрофилактики как средства снижения или предотвращения бак-териемий [18].…”

“…Вполне разумным является вопрос, оправды-вают ли финансовые затраты на антибиотикопро-филактику ее эффективность у пациентов группы высокого риска развития заболевания [18]. Вдо-бавок антибиотикопрофилактика может вызвать развитие резистентных штаммов микроорганизмов и ряд побочных эффектов.…”

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Dentistry is Not Associated with Fatal Anaphylaxis

“…Unfortunately they bolstered their argument by stating that there is "the risk…albeit infrequent [of]…anaphylaxis." 1 In fact, the AHA report unequivocally states just the opposite. The AHA statement found on pages 1743-1744 specifically notes:…”