title: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Fatal Neisseria macacae infective endocarditis: first report.
abstract: The Editor-in-Chief has retracted the article because the authors did not receive consent from the patient or their next of kin to publish a case report describing their treatment. The content of this article has been removed online to protect patient confidentiality.
  
  
  
  The Publisher was not able to confirm a current contact email for Hélène Martel. The remaining authors did not respond to correspondence from the Publisher regarding this retraction.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, URMITE, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France.|Pôle de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital de la Timone, Rue St Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Maude
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vecten
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hôpital de La Timone, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, URMITE, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France.|Pôle de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital de la Timone, Rue St Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Casalta
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hôpital de La Timone, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, URMITE, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lepidi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hôpital de La Timone, AP-HM, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, URMITE, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France.|Pôle de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital de la Timone, Rue St Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, URMITE, Aix-Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France. frederique.gouriet@ap-hm.fr.|Pôle de Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital de la Timone, Rue St Pierre, 13385, Marseille, France. frederique.gouriet@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gouriet
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology*; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005602:France; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009343:Neisseria / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005839:Gentamicins; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D002443:Ceftriaxone