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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (1990) 25, 291-296
© 1990 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Chemoprophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis—a survey of current practice in Zimbabwe

E. Murenha and C. M. Stein

Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe PO Box, A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe

Received 5 July 1989; accepted 1 September 1989

Correspondence to C. M. Stein

There is no information about the use of antibiotics in the prevention of bacterial endocarditis in a developing country. A questionnaire was posted to 73 dentists, 233 general practitioners and 43 physicians. Completed questionnaires were received from 31 (42%) dentists, 59 (25%) general practitioners and 15 (35%) physicians. Prophylactic practice differed from the current published recommendations in the choice of drugs, dosage regimens, and a longer duration of use before and after invasive procedures. Wider dissemination of authoritative recommendations would simplify current practice.


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