ABSTRACT

Endocarditis, which is an infection of the endocardial surface of the heart, can have intracardiac

effects including severe valvular insufficiency leading to intractable congestive heart failure

and myocardial abscesses. It can also produce various systemic signs and symptoms through

both sterile and infected emboli and various immunological phenomena. Endocarditis due to

anaerobic bacteria is uncommon and over the past three decades accounts for 2% to 16% of all

cases of infectious endocarditis (1-4).