When endocarditis causes damage to the heart that results in reduced function, the blood in the veins can get backed up because the right side of the heart is unable to keep up. Excess blood can ...

The role of oral antibiotic therapy in treating infective endocarditis (IE ... in combination with rifampin for uncomplicated right-sided S. aureus IE in IVDUs is supported by one small clinical ...

Limited evidence from one small clinical trial suggests that the combination of oral ciprofloxacin and rifampin for the treatment of uncomplicated right-sided IE caused by susceptible strains of S.