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Association of Mitral Valve Prolapse With Infective Endocarditis Due to Viridans Group Streptococci
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Association of Mitral Valve Prolapse With Infective Endocarditis Due to Viridans Group Streptococci

Daniel C DeSimone, Christopher V DeSimone, Imad M Tleyjeh, Daniel D Correa de Sa, Nandan S Anavekar, Brian D Lahr, Muhammad R Sohail, James M Steckelberg, Walter R Wilson and Larry M Baddour
Clinical infectious diseases, Vol.61(4), pp.623-625
15/08/2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ375
PMCID: PMC4542600
PMID: 25963288

Abstract

Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Endocarditis - epidemiology Endocarditis - microbiology Female Humans Male Middle Aged Minnesota - epidemiology Mitral Valve Prolapse - complications Streptococcal Infections - epidemiology Streptococcal Infections - microbiology Viridans Streptococci - isolation & purification Young Adult
Although patients with certain cardiac valve abnormalities have increased risk of infective endocarditis (IE), it is unknown whether these abnormalities are associated with specific pathogens in IE cases. We report a strong association between mitral valve prolapse and viridans group streptococcal IE in a population-based cohort from Olmsted County, Minnesota.
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