Native Valve Endocarditis due toEnterococcus hiraePresenting as a Neurological Deficit
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Native Valve Endocarditis due to Enterococcus hirae Presenting as a Neurological Deficit
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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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2090-6668,2090-6676
DOI: 10.1155/2013/636070