Mortality due to left-sided endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa remains high despite the therapeutic regimen of high doses of an aminoglycoside plus a beta-lactam antibiotic. In this ...

right-sided endocarditis, prolonged duration of SBE ("bacteria-free" state), presence of renal disease and errors in the technics of obtaining and culturing blood. 2 It is difficult to determine ...

The role of oral antibiotic therapy in treating infective endocarditis (IE ... in combination with rifampin for uncomplicated right-sided S. aureus IE in IVDUs is supported by one small clinical ...