Molecular Diagnosis of Granulicatella elegans on the Cardiac Valve of a Patient with Culture-Negative Endocarditis

Abstract
We herein report one case of culture-negative infectious endocarditis (IE) where the organism, Granulicatella elegans , was identified by molecular analysis using broad-range PCR primers complementary to the 16S rRNA gene on the removed valve. The results and utility of this method are discussed.

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