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Infective Endocarditis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
You will be admitted to the hospital so you can receive antibiotics through a vein. Long-term, high-dose antibiotic treatment is needed to get rid of the bacteria. Treatment is usually given for 4-6 weeks, depending on the specific type of bacteri...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 28, 2008
When doctors suspect infective endocarditis, they will admit the patient to a hospital and begin treating the infection before they even have the results of the blood culture . Their choice of antibiotics depends on what the most likely infecting ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Heart valve replacement is a surgical procedure during which surgeons remove a damaged valve from the heart and substitute a healthy one.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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