Management Considerations in Infective Endocarditis

Infective endocarditis occurs in approximately 15 of 100 000 people in the United States and has increased in incidence. Clinicians must make treatment decisions with respect to prophylaxis, surgical management, specific antibiotics, and the length of treatment in the setting of emerging, sometimes inconclusive clinical research findings.Community-associated infective endocarditis remains the predominant form of the disease; however, health care...