Infective endocarditis following wisdom tooth extraction in a pro-fessional basketball player with bicuspid aortic valve

Abstract

Bacterial endocarditis may be rare, but is a fatal complication following routine dental pro-cedures. Although patients with bicuspide aortic valve are considered to be at intermedia-te risk of bacterial endocarditis, administering antibiotic prophylaxis before dental proce-dures is not recommended by international guidelines.

Keywords

• antibiotic prophylaxis, bicuspid aortic valve, infective endocarditis