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Pediatr Cardiol. 1992 Oct;13(4):230-2. doi: 10.1007/BF00838782.

Endocarditis with acute mitral regurgitation caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum.

Pediatric cardiology

G Stuart, C Wren

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  1. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

PMID: 1518743 DOI: 10.1007/BF00838782

Abstract

Infective endocarditis is uncommon in young children, especially in the absence of structural heart disease. We report the case of a 2-year-old boy who presented with acute rupture of the mitral valve chordae 6 weeks after an episode of Fusobacterium necrophorum septicemia. His heart had been structurally normal before. Mitral valve replacement was successfully performed. This is the first recorded case of endocarditis in a child caused by necrobacillosis.

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