Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Peptostreptococcus Following Rupture of a Dental Root Abscess: Case Report and Literature Review

Binna M. Chokshi; Andrew Chu; Daniel Kaswan

doi:10.12659/MSCR.897963

Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Peptostreptococcus Following Rupture of a Dental Root Abscess: Case Report and Literature Review

Binna M. Chokshi
, Andrew Chu
, Daniel Kaswan

Department of Internal Medicine, Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, Aventura, FL, USA.

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Original language	American English
Journal	Medical Science Case Reports
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12659/MSCR.897963
State	Published - Mar 16 2016

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Surgery

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