Native valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus hirae.
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.
Poyart
Claire
C
Laboratoire Mixte Pasteur-Necker de Recherche sur les Streptocoques et Streptococcies, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France. poyart@necker.fr
Lambert
Thierry
T
Morand
Philippe
P
Abassade
Philippe
P
Quesne
Gilles
G
Baudouy
Yves
Y
Trieu-Cuot
Patrick
P
D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron