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Acute bacterial endocarditis on a normal aortic valve following vaginal delivery
L O Hughes1, I R McFadyen, E B Raftery
1Northwick Park Hospital, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, U.K.
International Journal of Cardiology
|February 1, 1988
Abstract:
We present a case of post-partum bacterial endocarditis on a normal aortic valve. Infection occurred following vaginal delivery. This complication, due to group D Streptococcus faecalis, has not been previously described in this context.