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Case Reports

Oral antibiotic treatment of left-sided infectious endocarditis verified by 16S-PCR: A case report

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Pages 539-541 | Received 24 Oct 2010, Accepted 05 Nov 2010, Published online: 09 Dec 2010
 

Abstract

Treatment of infectious endocarditis (IE) comprises intravenously administered antibiotic medications given at high doses for 4–6 weeks – sometimes even longer. Approximately 50% of patients referred to tertiary care centres require additional surgical intervention. At present there are few papers describing the effects of oral antibiotic treatment in IE, and only in patients with right-sided endocarditis. In this case report we present a patient with left-sided Streptococcus endocarditis successfully treated with oral antibiotic drugs.

Declaration of interest: Nothing to declare for all authors. Funding: none.

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