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Mr. smith had a fever of unknown origin. when the doctors completed an echocardiogram and saw vegetations on his mitral valve, they suspected:

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Mr. Smith is being suspected to have an infective endocarditis or bacterial endocarditis. It is known as an infection caused by bacteria in the inner surface of the heart, a valve or a blood vessel. The symptoms do include fever, heart murmur and low RBC count.
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