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Actinobacillus Endocarditis Associated with Periodontal Disease

Robert Anolik

Division of Allergy and Immunology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert J. Berkowitz

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Assistant Dentist, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Joseph M. Campos

Clinical Microbioiogy Laboratory, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Allan D. Friedman

Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, an organism associated with rapidly destructive periodontal disease (periodontitis), is a rare cause of endocarditis in children. This report presents a case of A. actinomycetemcomitans endo carditis in a 6-year-old child with rapidly destructive periodontal disease. A leukotoxic antigen was documented in the strain of A. actinomycetemcomitans isolated from the patient's blood.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 20, No. 10, 653-655 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/000992288102001007
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