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Recurrent infective endocarditis in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
P Stulz1, W Zimmerli, J Mihatsch
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
A patient with idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis suffered from five episodes of infective endocarditis of the mitral valve. At least two of these episodes were caused by Lactobacillus species, a microorganism known to be difficult to eradicate. Definitive cure was only achieved by surgical treatment.