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Rates of a deadly heart infection have increased after guidelines advised against giving antibiotics to prevent it in patients at risk, research shows.
In 2008, the advisory body NICE said to stop giving antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis in patients due to undergo invasive dental procedures.
A study in The Lancet shows prescriptions dropped by about 80%.
At the same time, rates of the infection rose by an extra 35 cases a month.
The UK researchers, from the University of Sheffield and other institutes, stressed that there may be other reasons for the increase. The condition is also still relatively uncommon, affecting fewer than 10 in 100,000 people a year in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30103273
In 2008, the advisory body NICE said to stop giving antibiotics to prevent infective endocarditis in patients due to undergo invasive dental procedures.
A study in The Lancet shows prescriptions dropped by about 80%.
At the same time, rates of the infection rose by an extra 35 cases a month.
The UK researchers, from the University of Sheffield and other institutes, stressed that there may be other reasons for the increase. The condition is also still relatively uncommon, affecting fewer than 10 in 100,000 people a year in the UK.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30103273