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Native mitral valve endocarditis due to following an untreated dental abscess. | LitMetric

Native mitral valve endocarditis due to following an untreated dental abscess.

Germs

MD, Service de Maladies Infectieuses, Centre intercommunal de Castres - Mazamet, 6 avenue de la montagne noire, 81100 Castres, France.

Published: June 2020

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330511PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.18683/germs.2020.1195DOI Listing

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