Case Reports in Neurological Medicine (Jan 2013)
Native Valve Endocarditis due to Enterococcus hirae Presenting as a Neurological Deficit
Abstract
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.