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CARPIO DEHEZA, Gonzalo  e  RODRIGUEZ ROCHA, Christian. INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS CAUSE: FASTIDIOUS AGENTS. Rev. Méd.-Cient. Luz Vida [online]. 2010, vol.1, n.1, pp. 31-35. ISSN 2219-8032.

Infective Endocarditis disease has infectious origin which affects endocardium, heart valve with vegetations and less frequently mural endocardium. The main etiology of endocarditidis infection is bacterium and next one is mycosis. Fastidious agents are inside of these one, they are bacterium with slow growth in cell culture. For its diagnosis it is necessary epidemic data, and a good anamnesis. That is the main reason to recognize its principal characteristics of presentation, diagnosis and treatment.

Palavras-chave : Infective Endocarditis; Fastidious Agents.