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A 40-year-old woman presents with a 3-month history of fatigue, weight loss, night sweats and a degree of exertional dyspnoea. Her past history includes a prosthetic mitral valve replacement 2.5 years ago. She is pyrexial with evidence of mitral regurgitation and splinter haemorrhages. Echo confirms moderate paravalvular mitral regurgitation. Blood cultures are taken and a diagnosis of infective endocarditis made. What is the most likely infecting organism in this case? Coxiella burnetii Enterococcus spp Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus epidermidis Streptococcus viridans
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:20:32 +0000

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