Assertion: bacteremia | /r/CreatedBy | dental procedures
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text: In the past, one in eight cases of infective endocarditis were because of bacteremia caused by dental procedures (in most cases due to Streptococcus viridans, which reside in the oral cavity), such as a cleaning or extraction of a tooth; this was thought to be more clinically significant than it actually was.