yes, your mouth is full of bacteria, good and bad. some bacteria once in the bloodstream can cause blood poisoning and also cause infection and inflammation of the heart and other vital organs. you can have endocarditis, myocarditis and pancarditis. the infection can be caused by viruses, bacteria, fungus or other pathogens. the main culprits are bacteria... streptococcus, enterococcus, staphylococcus, steptococcus viridants, etc.
some viruses are responsible too..CMV, EBV,ect.
bacteria can attack (somethimes destroy) the valves and the endothelium cells of the heart. in order to comba ...
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