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  • Title: Group B streptococcal tricuspid valve endocarditis: a case report and review of literature.
    Author: Azzam ZS, Ron Y, Oren I, Sbeit W, Motlak D, Krivoy N.
    Journal: Int J Cardiol; 1998 May 15; 64(3):259-63. PubMed ID: 9672406.
    Abstract:
    Group B streptococcal endocarditis involving the tricuspid valve is an uncommon disease. We describe herein a young healthy woman who developed this disease following an elective abortion. She was treated with penicillin and gentamycin with no response. The patient was operated urgently and recovered. Few reports have described the disease in the last 25 years (our case is the thirteenth). Five of them were IV drug abusers, four patients suffered from debilitating diseases and in five women endocarditis developed following an obstetric procedure. In general the mortality from tricuspid valve endocarditis is low, indeed 2/13 (15%) died. The drug of choice is penicillin with gentamycin.
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