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The chemotherapy of infective endocarditis

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Antibiotics and Chemotherapy

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The incidence of infective endocarditis in recent years is similar to that noted in 19391. The overall mortality has fallen from 100% before the age of chemotherapy to about 30% 30 years ago but has not been further reduced1 2.

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