Endocarditis

Diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment

Treatment

  • Antibiotic therapy guided by hemoculture result.
  • Choice of antibiotic to be define individually. ESC recommandations.
  • Consider surgery if:
  • Uncontrolled infection.
  • Abscesses formation, fistula, aneurysm.
  • Peripheral emboli.
  • High embolic risk.