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Case Reports
. 2002 Jul;40(7):2689-90.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2689-2690.2002.

Native valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus hirae

Claire Poyart  1 , Thierry Lambert, Philippe Morand, Philippe Abassade, Gilles Quesne, Yves Baudouy, Patrick Trieu-Cuot
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Case Reports

Native valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus hirae

Claire Poyart et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jul.

Abstract

Enterococcus hirae is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. We describe a case of native aortic-valve endocarditis that was caused by Enterococcus hirae in a 72-year-old man. This is the first reported case of endocarditis due to this organism.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Transmission electron microscopy of the aortic vegetation demonstrating the presence of numerous cocci (arrows).
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