Highlights the clinical association between Streptococcus bovis endocarditis/septicemia and occult colon carcinoma, warranting gastrointestinal investigation.
May prompt colon evaluation in S. bovis septicemia without GI symptoms; leaves open association strength from case reports alone.
A case of double carcinoma of the colon is presented in association with subacute bacterial endocarditis due to Streptococcus bovis. The presence of Streptococcus bovis septicemia is a strong pointer in favour of associated colon carcinoma even in the absence of gastrointestinal symptomatology.
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