@entity884 due to XXXX .

@entity1 @entity55 @entity886 @entity5125 @entity299 @entity869 @entity472 @entity694 @entity2220 @entity4028 @entity884
Three fatal cases of @entity884 were studied. The first case occurred in an apparently healthy 58-year-old @entity1 , who presented with symptoms of @entity55 . The second case developed in a 75-year-old @entity1 with @entity2220 and @entity472 . In the third @entity1 , an 83-year-old @entity1 , @entity886 with perforations were found at necropsy. A @entity694 was found in the first and third cases. @entity869 , alone or with an @entity4028 , was the antibiotic used. Urgent valve replacement was performed in the first case. @entity5125 was isolated from blood cultures in all three cases. A review of 41 other @entity1 with @entity884 showed a nonspecific clinical picture, but septic complications occurred in one-half of the cases. Thirty-nine @entity1 had at least one predisposing factor, which was underlying @entity299 in 25 cases. The mortality rate was 48%.
