Roles of antibiotics on infective endocarditis
| dc.contributor.author | alsherif alfergani, jehad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-28T10:34:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-28T10:34:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-03-07 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/2040 | |
| dc.description | Infective endocarditis (IE) mean “inflammation of inner layer of the heart”. The heart wall’s made up of three layers epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium Which’s the layer that get inflamed. IE is a serious contamination characterised via colony formation or invasion of the heart valves, or mural endocardium with the aid of microbe. This leads to the formation of vegetations, which are composed of thrombotic debris and organism, often related with destruction of the underlying cardiac tissues. The aorta, aneurysmal sacs, blood vessels, and prosthetic gadgets can additionally grow to be contaminated, and additionally it can be the source of infection. It turn out that most cases of IE are caused by microbial infection of endocardium such as bacteria and fungal. Bcateria such as Staph.aureus “most common”, Staph.epidermidis, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus bovis, Coxiella burnetii.Fungi such as Candida species “most common”, Histoplasma capsulatum, and Aspergillus Another group of organism that are less commonly associated with IE which are Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Einkenella, Kingella.[1] | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Infective endocarditis occurs worldwide, and is defined by infection of a native or prosthetic heart valve. In recent years epidemiology and microbiology have changed, and staphylococci most often associated with health-care contact and invasive procedures. And we can use antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) for prevention of infective endocarditis. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
| dc.title | Roles of antibiotics on infective endocarditis | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |
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