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Endocarditis with acute mitral regurgitation caused byFusobacterium necrophorum

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

    Graham Stuart & Christopher Wren

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Stuart, G., Wren, C. Endocarditis with acute mitral regurgitation caused byFusobacterium necrophorum . Pediatr Cardiol 13, 230–232 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00838782

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