TY - JOUR T1 - Prophylaxis of bacterial endocarditis: a general practice audit JF - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO - J R Coll Gen Pract SP - 113 LP - 114 VL - 38 IS - 308 AU - Ian Chapman Y1 - 1988/03/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/38/308/113.abstract N2 - A method of identifying patients at r,sk from bacterial endocarditis is described. All at-risk patients in one practice were identified, contacted and counselled. Twothirds of these at-risk patients had no contact with the appropriate hospital outpatient department. It is suggested that the general practitioner has the primary role in the prevention of this disease. ER -