Abstract

TAPANES DAUMY, Hiram et al. Notes on the physiopathology, etiology, diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis of infective endocarditis. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2014, vol.86, n.3, pp.354-367. ISSN 0034-7531.

Infective endocarditis is a disease of difficult diagnosis in cardiology, with highly variable clinical characteristics and changing epidemiology in the last few years. The present review dealt with novel aspects on classification, etiology and physiopathology of the disease in addition to the presentation of the fundamental tools for diagnosis, which is the starting point for the medical treatment basically supported on the antimicrobial therapy. It also set forth the surgical criteria and the present performance in the antimicrobial prophylaxis of this complex disease.

Keywords : infective endocarditis; physiopathology; microbiology; diagnosis; treatment; prophylaxis.

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