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What is Infective Endocarditis in Adults: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Management of Complications and explain in detail?
This AHA Scientific Statement provides evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications of infective endocarditis in adults. It includes a comprehensive review of the literature published between January 2005 and October 2013, and a new section on Surgical Therapy. It also addresses the unique features of IE in children. A diagnostic schema was proposed in 1994 which stratified patients into three categories: definite, possible, and rejected cases. This statement is intended to assist in the management of this potentially deadly infection.