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Can bedbugs harm people whom have had heart valve transplants?
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Endocarditis: Infection from a bite theoretically could settle in a newly-implanted valve; however, it's quite rare. Because of the issue of infection from bites, one should not knowingly stay in an infested room. It's considered important enough to move out until the experts can rid ones environment of the bedbugs.
Answered 10/4/2014
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