Article: Infective endocarditis and oral health-a Narrative Review.
Cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
2022 Volume 11, Issue 6, Page(s) 1403–1415
Abstract: Infective endocarditis is a rare but usually severe and often fatal inflammatory disease affecting the endocardial surface, native and prosthetic valves or cardiac devices. Besides various staphylococcus species, oral viridans streptococci are known to ... ...
| Abstract | Infective endocarditis is a rare but usually severe and often fatal inflammatory disease affecting the endocardial surface, native and prosthetic valves or cardiac devices. Besides various staphylococcus species, oral viridans streptococci are known to play a crucial role in the development of endocarditis, especially in patients with underlying cardiac conditions, such as valve replacement, congenital heart disease and a history of previous infective endocarditis. Particularly undetected persisting odontogenic infections and their secondary symptoms, as well as various therapeutic measures for their prevention and treatment, may lead to bacterial transfer from the oral cavity into the bloodstream, eventually enabling bacterial adherence to endocardial surfaces and thus promoting infective endocarditis. The administration of antibiotics prior to dental interventions in order to prevent this mechanism was initially recommended almost seventy years ago and has been the subject of research and intensive discussion ever since. Recently, numerous professional societies worldwide have published guidelines and updates on the prevention of endocarditis with divergent recommendations regarding the requirement of prophylactic antibiotic regimen prior to dental procedures. The objective of this article was therefore to review the currently available literature regarding oral health and infective endocarditis and to examine the rationale behind the inconsistent recommendation situation, critically. |
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| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-01-04 |
| Publishing country | China |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
| ZDB-ID | 2685043-6 |
| ISSN | 2223-3660 ; 2223-3652 |
| ISSN (online) | 2223-3660 |
| ISSN | 2223-3652 |
| DOI | 10.21037/cdt-20-908 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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