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Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis
18 March 2008, 07:04
News and Events
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has today issued a clinical guideline on antibiotic prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (IE). In a significant change to current clinical practice, the guideline recommends that antibiotics to prevent IE should not be given to adults and children with structural cardiac defects at risk of IE who are undergoing dental and non-dental interventional procedures.
NICE Guidance Antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis
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