Common oral microbe key to puzzling endocarditis: case study
UK doctors say their patient highlights dangers of ignoring 'unusual' and seemingly benign pathogens that repeatedly appear in blood cultures
A rare case of endocarditis resulting from dental caries has prompted UK doctors to warn against dismissing “unusual” pathogens repeatedly isolated from blood cultures.
Their patient, an otherwise fit and healthy man in his 20s, ended up losing five teeth to manage the infection, along with weeks of antibiotic therapy and mitral valve surgery.
