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What's the cause of endocarditis in boy with congenital heart disease?

HC Meissner - AAP News, 2011 - Am Acad Pediatrics An 11-year-old boy with a history of perimembranous ventricular septal defect is seen for intermittent fever, weight loss (falling from the 95% to the 70% over one year), fatigue, anemia (hematocrit 27.6%), thrombocytopenia (platelet count 135,000/μL) and an ...