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Renato Anghinah | Zendy; Rafael Gustavo Sato Watanabe | Zendy; Mateus Mistieri Simabukuro | Zendy; Carla Guariglia | Zendy; Lécio Figueira Pinto | Zendy; Daniella Costa de Menezes e Gonçalves | Zendy

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Native Valve Endocarditis due toEnterococcus hiraePresenting as a Neurological Deficit

Author(s) -

Renato Anghinah,

Rafael Gustavo Sato Watanabe,

Mateus Mistieri Simabukuro,

Carla Guariglia,

Lécio Figueira Pinto,

Daniella Costa de Menezes e Gonçalves

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in neurological medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6668

pISSN - 2090-6676

DOI - 10.1155/2013/636070

Subject(s) - enterococcus hirae , medicine , endocarditis , neurological deficit , enterococcus , cardiology , microbiology and biotechnology , surgery , antibiotics , biology

Enterococcus hirae is a rare isolate in clinical specimens. We describe a case of native aortic valve endocarditis in a 56-year-old man. This is the third reported case of endocarditis due to this organism, the first without recurrence of endocarditis and the first presenting as a neurological deficit.

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