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Case Reports
. 2003 Sep;41(9):4435-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.9.4435-4437.2003.

Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis: persistence of DNA on heart valve material 7 years after infectious episode

S Branger  1 , J P Casalta, G Habib, F Collard, D Raoult
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Streptococcus pneumoniae endocarditis: persistence of DNA on heart valve material 7 years after infectious episode

S Branger et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Sep.

Abstract

We amplified by PCR and sequenced Streptococcus pneumoniae rpoB from DNA of the cardiac valve of a man who had presented with pneumococcal endocarditis 7 years earlier. Histopathologically, the valve did not show evidence of endocarditis. This case raises the question of persistence of DNA without any evidence of infection.

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