Assertion: subacute bacterial endocarditis | /r/HasProperty | due
Facets:
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
value: to s. aureus
type: OTHER
value: to streptococci of low virulence
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE) is often due to streptococci of low virulence (mainly viridans streptococci) and mild to moderate illness which progresses slowly over weeks and months (>2 weeks) and has low propensity to hematogenously seed extracardiac sites.
text: Mortality is higher for patients with shorter durations of illness before initiation of antibiotic therapy, perhaps by the fact that acute infective endocarditis is frequently due to S. aureus (47,110).