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	Endocarditis;
	Mitral valve vegetations in a patient with bacterial endocarditis.
ICD-10	I33
ICD-9	421
DiseasesDB	4224
MeSH	D004696

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Michael W. Tempelhof M.D.

Related Key Words and Synonyms: Infective Endocarditis (IE), subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE), acute bacterial endocarditis, fungal endocarditis, nosocomial infective endocarditis, intravenous drug abuse endocarditis, intravenous drug abuse infective endocarditis, Prosthetic valve endocarditis, pacemaker endocarditis infective endocarditis, endocardial infection, native valve endocarditis, HACEK endocarditis, bloodstream infection, marantic endocarditis