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Article: Chemoprophylaxis against infective endocarditis following dental surgery

TitleChemoprophylaxis against infective endocarditis following dental surgery
Authors
Keywordschemoprophylaxis
dentistry
endocarditis, bacterial
practice guidelines
Issue Date1995
PublisherHong Kong Medical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org/resources/supp.html
Citation
Hong Kong Medical Journal, 1995, v. 1 n. 2, p. 145-149 How to Cite?
AbstractPatients with certain cardiovascular abnormalities are recognised to beat risk - and some at high risk - of developing infective endocarditis following episodes of bacteraemia. Whenever a clinically important bacteraemia is anticipated in such susceptible patients, chemoprophylaxis (use of systemic antimicrobials) is advocated. However, the effectiveness of such measures remains unclear. Patients undergoing dentisty/oral surgery (especially extractions) experience bacteraemias (mainly viridans streptococci) lasting minutes. For susceptible patients undergoing the latter procedures, it is appropriate to sensibly educate them about the risks, ensure good dental hygiene, consider prior topical antisepsis, and be vigilant to the possible failure of chemoprophylaxis. Currently advocated chemoprophylactic guidelines are confusing and ambiguous. For patients susceptible to infective endocarditis - including those at high risk - undergoing potentially bacteraemic dental/oral surgical procedures, the recommendations in this account have been simplified. In individuals with a history of penicillin hypersensitivity or recent exposure, instead of erythromycin, the use of clindamycin (orally) or vancomycin (parenterally) is stressed.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/53421
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dc.contributor.authorKumana, CRen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuen, KYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSamaranayake, LPen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2009-04-03T07:19:19Z-
dc.date.available2009-04-03T07:19:19Z-
dc.date.issued1995en_HK
dc.identifier.citationHong Kong Medical Journal, 1995, v. 1 n. 2, p. 145-149en_HK
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dc.description.abstractPatients with certain cardiovascular abnormalities are recognised to beat risk - and some at high risk - of developing infective endocarditis following episodes of bacteraemia. Whenever a clinically important bacteraemia is anticipated in such susceptible patients, chemoprophylaxis (use of systemic antimicrobials) is advocated. However, the effectiveness of such measures remains unclear. Patients undergoing dentisty/oral surgery (especially extractions) experience bacteraemias (mainly viridans streptococci) lasting minutes. For susceptible patients undergoing the latter procedures, it is appropriate to sensibly educate them about the risks, ensure good dental hygiene, consider prior topical antisepsis, and be vigilant to the possible failure of chemoprophylaxis. Currently advocated chemoprophylactic guidelines are confusing and ambiguous. For patients susceptible to infective endocarditis - including those at high risk - undergoing potentially bacteraemic dental/oral surgical procedures, the recommendations in this account have been simplified. In individuals with a history of penicillin hypersensitivity or recent exposure, instead of erythromycin, the use of clindamycin (orally) or vancomycin (parenterally) is stressed.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherHong Kong Medical Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.hkmj.org/resources/supp.htmlen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofHong Kong Medical Journalen_HK
dc.rightsHong Kong Medical Journal. Copyright © Hong Kong Medical Association.en_HK
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectchemoprophylaxisen_HK
dc.subjectdentistryen_HK
dc.subjectendocarditis, bacterialen_HK
dc.subjectpractice guidelinesen_HK
dc.titleChemoprophylaxis against infective endocarditis following dental surgeryen_HK
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