Older adults
Most commonly, Streptococcus viridans, faecal streptococci, Enterobacteria and Staphylococcus epidermidis are involved.
In this group, septicaemia with any virulent pyogenic organism seems able to cause endocarditis without necessarily, having a pre-existing cardiac structural defect.
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