title: Streptococcus oralis endocarditis presenting as infective discitis in an edentulous patient.
abstract: We present an interesting case of Streptococcus oralis endocarditis, presenting with infective discitis, in an edentulous patient with no underlying structural valvular heart disease and no clinical features to suggest infective endocarditis. It illustrates that S. oralis endocarditis can occur in edentulous patients (with no signs of oral sepsis), without any systemic stigmata of endocarditis and manifest with infection at remote sites, in this case, infective discitis. The diagnosis would also undoubtedly have been missed if preemptive antibiotic therapy had been given.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Renton
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Clague
authors.forename: R P D
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019533:Streptococcus oralis