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The problems arising from the discovery of a colorectal tumor during an infectious endocarditis caused by Streptococci D have rarely been mentioned in the surgical literature. The frequency of association of an asymptomatic colorectal tumor and of a Streptococcus bovi endocarditis is now undisputed. This notion implies the systematic search for an intestinal lesion (adenoma or carcinoma) in case of endocarditis or septicemia without involvement of the valves, caused by a streptococcus of group D. The authors report about 3 cases of enterococcal (1 case) and S. bovis (2 cases) infectious endocarditis revealing a colic adenocarcinoma (2 cases) and a villous adenoma (1 case), all being perfectly latent. The specific therapeutic problems arising from this association are outlined, including the antibiotic therapy, the role of the anticoagulant treatment and the priority given to valve surgery in case of hemodynamic instability.
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PMID:[Problems posed by the association of streptococcus D infectious endocarditis and colorectal tumor]. 133 26

Twelve patients presented to the hospitals of the Auckland Hospital Board with bacteraemia caused by Streptococcus bovis in the years 1979-84. Ten had endocarditis, affecting homograft valves in two cases and the tricuspid valve in one case. Of nine patients who underwent investigation of the large bowel, only one did not have a colorectal tumour. Three had colonic adenocarcinoma and three had colorectal villous adenoma. Two, including a patient with acute hepatic failure from alcoholic cirrhosis, had colonic adenomata. Colonoscopy provided a tissue diagnosis of colorectal neoplasia despite negative radiological studies in three patients. Bacteraemia due to S. bovis should prompt rigorous investigation to exclude both endocarditis and tumours of the large bowel.
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PMID:Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia requires rigorous exclusion of colonic neoplasia and endocarditis. 404 86