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Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis and mitral valve prolapse
1Department of Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Staphylococcus epidermidis is an infrequent cause of native valve endocarditis. We describe two cases associated with mitral valve prolapse, and discuss the significance, diagnosis and management of this condition.