Poyart Claire, Lambert Thierry, Morand Philippe, Abassade Philippe, Quesne Gilles, Baudouy Yves, Trieu-Cuot Patrick
Laboratoire Mixte Pasteur-Necker de Recherche sur les Streptocoques et Streptococcies, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France.
J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jul;40(7):2689-90. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.7.2689-2690.2002.
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.
平肠球菌是临床标本中一种罕见的分离菌。我们描述了一例由平肠球菌引起的72岁男性原发性主动脉瓣心内膜炎病例。这是该病原体所致心内膜炎的首例报道病例。