Antibiotics for prevention of endocarditis during dentistry: Time to scale back?

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Durack, DT [1 ]
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[1] Becton Dickinson Microbiol Syst, Baltimore, MD USA
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10.7326/0003-4819-129-10-199811150-00015
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In this issue, Strom and colleagues suggest that dental procedure- related endocarditis occurs too rarely to justify routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis. What benefits and problems would ensue if the current recommendations on prophylaxis against endocarditis were scaled back?.
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