Oral Health Case Reports

Maryanna Andrade Mendonça

Publications

• Mini Review
  Antibiotic Prophylaxis: New Concepts and Paradigm Shifts
  Author(s): Caio Vinicius G Roman-Torres, Maryanna Andrade Mendonça, Mary Lou Endara Abbott, Angela Paula Gaibor Duran, Ruth Maritza Duran Reyes, Sergio T Kussaba and Jose Sani NetoCaio Vinicius G Roman-Torres, Maryanna Andrade Mendonça, Mary Lou Endara Abbott, Angela Paula Gaibor Duran, Ruth Maritza Duran Reyes, Sergio T Kussaba and Jose Sani Neto
  
  The concept that invasive dental procedures may cause infective endocarditis was first suggested in 1923. With the advent of antibiotics, the idea that antibiotic prophylaxis can be used before invasive dental procedures to reduce the risk of infective endocarditis. The decision to use preoperative prophylactic antibiotics is controversial. Some researchers have written that this decision is based on the assumption that the patient does not have large medical risk factors that could affect the patient’s defense mechanisms. Various risk factors include poorly controlled diabetes, renal disease, severe alcoholism, immunosuppressive diseases (e.g. leukemia, lymphoma, or advanced malignancy), and the use of chemotherapeutic agents or other immunosuppressive drugs. The objective of the present literature review is to evaluate the current practice in cases in which antibiotic prophyla.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2471-8726.1000132

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