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Septicaemia due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans with endocarditis and spinal epidural abscess
J M Brisseau1, M Derriennic, A Fritz
1Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France.
The Journal of Infection
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
A case of tricuspid valve endocarditis with spinal epidural abscess caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is reported in a 74-year-old male with an endocardial pacemaker. Despite antibiotic treatment, removal of the endocardial wire was necessary for recovery.