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  • Title: Hemophilus endocarditis. Two patients with complications.
    Author: Parker SW, Apicella MA, Fuller CM.
    Journal: Arch Intern Med; 1983 Jan; 143(1):48-51. PubMed ID: 6849608.
    Abstract:
    Two cases of Hemophilus endocarditis were diagnosed in our hospital during a six-month period. Although both patients were in good health until the onset of their endocarditis, both had brain emboli and required emergency heart-valve surgery. Falsely low incidences of this disease have been reported, since Hemophilus sp are difficult to isolate. Additionally, these organisms are consistently associated with large vegetations and have a greater than 50% incidence of embolization. It is this higher incidence of embolization that leads us to conclude that prophylactic surgery should be considered in selected patients.
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