PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - B Phillips
AU  - G H Watson
TI  - Oral treatment of subacute bacterial endocarditis in children.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.52.3.235
DP  - 1977 Mar 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 235--237
VI  - 52
IP  - 3
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/3/235.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/52/3/235.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1977 Mar 01; 52
AB  - Fourteen episodes of subacute bacterial endocarditis in 11 children were successfully treated with antibiotics, which in 13 cases were given largely by mouth. It is suggested that oral treatment of bacterial endocarditis should be considered for children who are only moderately but not severely ill, and who have sensitive organisms.