TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 37. Endocarditis
A1  - Camitta, Michael G. W.
A1  - Geme III, Joseph W. St.
A1  - Li, Jennifer S.
A2  - Shah, Samir S.
PY  - 2009
T2  - Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
AB  - Infective  endocarditis  (IE)  denotes  infection  of  the  endocardial  surface  of  the  heart  and  implies  the  physical  presence  of  microorganisms  in  the  lesion.  Although  the  heart  valves  are  most  commonly  affected,  the  disease  may  also  occur  within  the  heart  in  the  location  of  congenital  septal  defects  or  on  the  endocardial  surface  in  areas  of  turbulent  flow.  Extracardiac  infections  of  arteriovenous  or  arterioarterial  shunts  (patent  ductus  arteriosus),  infection  related  to  structural  aortic  arch  anomalies,  and  infections  of  prosthetic  materials  such  as  vascular  occluders  and  stents  can  also  be  included  in  this  definition  of  similar  clinical  manifestations.  Unfortunately,  variability  in  the  clinical  presentation  continues  to  make  the  diagnosis  of  IE  clinically  challenging.  The  Duke  criteria  for  the  diagnosis  of  IE  have  been  developed1  and  modified.2  These  criteria  have  been  validated  in  multiple  studies  and  shown  to  be  superior  to  other  criteria  for  the  diagnosis  of  IE  in  the  pediatric  population.3–5  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6907099
ER  -