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Please advise what is the most common bacterium causing acute infective endocarditis?
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Staph aureus: Acute bacterial endocarditis, as opposed to subacute bacterial endocarditis (sbe), is most typically caused by staphylococcus aureus.
Answered 1/18/2014
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