title: Native valve endocarditis due to Enterococcus hirae.
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.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poyart
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morand
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abassade
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Quesne
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baudouy
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trieu-Cuot
mesh_terms: 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