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Volume 8, Number 8, August 2002 Dispatch Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue PiercingHossein Akhondi* and Ali R. Rahimi* |
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Figure. The tongue piercing of the man from this case study. The bispherical metal stud was inserted without anesthesia or preparation. Although the stud was removable, the patient had not removed it. The area around insertion was clean with no local sign of infection when the stud was removed; the tongue was not inflamed or painful. |
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