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. 1978 May 20;118(10):1256–1260.

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans endocarditis.

S Affias, A West, J W Stewart, E V Haldane
PMCID: PMC1818654  PMID: 647545

Abstract

Two patients had infective endocarditis due to Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. One, a 52-year-old woman with a prosthetic aortic valve, was successfully treated with carbenicillin and gentamicin. The other, a 47-year old man with calcific aortic valve disease, required emergency valvectomy and prosthetic valve replacement and responded to a combination of penicillin and gentamicin.

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