TY  - CHAP
AU  - Díaz-García Héctor Rafael
AU  - Contreras-de la Torre Nancy Anabel
AU  - 
Alemán-Villalobos Alfonso
AU  - Carrillo-Galindo María de Jesús
AU  - Gómez-
Jiménez Olivia Berenice
AU  - Esparza-Beléndez Edgar
AU  - Ramírez-Rosales
Gladys Eloísa
AU  - Portilla-d Buen Eliseo
AU  - Arreola-Torres Ramón
ED  - Michael S. Firstenberg
Y1  - 2016-11-09
PY  - 2016
T1  - Infective Endocarditis in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients in Developing Countries: What is the Real Problem?
N2  - Endocarditis remains an elusive challenge for clinicians to master. As the population ages and their comorbidities increase, the risk of infecting cardiac structures - both native and, the ever-increasing use of, prosthetic support technology - also increases. In addition, the global epidemic of intravenous substance abuse has also resulted in a substantial increase in the number of infected patients. Fortunately, advances in the diagnostic testing, imaging, and recognition of the importance of a multidisciplinary management team have also contributed to advances in the care of these critically ill patients. Nevertheless, optimal therapies need to be individualized and considered in the ever-increasing body of scientific literature on this complex and difficult problem.
BT  - Contemporary Challenges in Endocarditis
SP  - Ch. 7
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/64929
DO  - 10.5772/64929
SN  - 978-953-51-2770-3
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-23
ER  -