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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2689-2690, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2689-2690.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Native Valve Endocarditis Due to Enterococcus hirae

Claire Poyart,1,2* Thierry Lambert,3,4 Philippe Morand,2 Philippe Abassade,5 Gilles Quesne,2 Yves Baudouy,5 and Patrick Trieu-Cuot1

Laboratoire Mixte Pasteur-Necker de Recherche sur les Streptocoques et Streptococcies, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 75730 Paris Cedex 15,1 Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades,2 Laboratoire de Microbiologie,3 Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Saint Michel, 75015 Paris,5 Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, 92296 ChÂtenay-Malabry, France4

Received 13 December 2001/ Returned for modification 22 March 2002/ Accepted 19 April 2002

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire Mixte Pasteur-Necker de Recherche sur les Streptocoques et Streptococcies, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 156 rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: (33) (1) 40 61 56 79. Fax: (33) (1) 40 61 55 92. E-mail: poyart{at}necker.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2689-2690, Vol. 40, No. 7
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2689-2690.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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