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Case Reports
. 2014 Jun;97(6):e165-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2014.01.071.

Group B Streptococcus endocarditis with left ventricle-right atrium (Gerbode's) defect

Jasmine O Y Ho  1 , Fadel Moghrabi  2 , Ranjit P Deshpande  2
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Group B Streptococcus endocarditis with left ventricle-right atrium (Gerbode's) defect

Jasmine O Y Ho et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a 61-year-old woman with group B Streptococcus-positive infective endocarditis and a left ventricular-right atrium or Gerbode's defect. We discuss the issues surrounding such an infection and the implications of such a rare cardiac defect in our case report.

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