JAC Advance Access originally published online on November 16, 2004
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004 54(6):971-981; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh474
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JAC vol.54 no.6 © The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004; all rights reserved
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Guidelines for the antibiotic treatment of endocarditis in adults: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
1 Department of Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham; 2 Department of Microbiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge; 3 Department of Microbiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 4 Department of Medical Microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
* Corresponding author and Chair of the Working Party. Tel: +44-191-233-6161; Fax: +44-191-223-1224; Email: kate.gould{at}tfh.nuth.northy.nhs.uk
The BSAC Guidelines on Endocarditis were last published in 1998. The Guidelines presented here have been updated and extended to reflect changes in both the antibiotic resistance characteristics of causative organisms and the availability of new antibiotics. Randomized, controlled trials suitable for the development of evidenced-based guidelines in this area are still lacking, and therefore a consensus approach has again been adopted. The Guidelines cover diagnosis and laboratory testing, suitable antibiotic regimens and causative organisms. Special emphasis is placed on common causes of endocarditis, such as streptococci and staphylococci, however, other bacterial causes (such as enterococci, HACEK organisms, Coxiella and Bartonella) and fungi are considered. The special circumstances of prosthetic endocarditis are discussed.
Keywords: antibiotic therapy , guidelines , endocarditis , BSAC
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