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What is the treatment for bacterial endocarditis?
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Antibiotics: Broad spectrum antibiotics to start. In severe cases of endocarditis, open heart surgery to replace the infected valve is a life saving necessity, provided that the damage to both the valve and the heart is not beyond repair.
Answered 9/29/2013
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