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A 53-year-old woman with non-Hodgkin lymphoma underwent an autologous bone marrow transplant (BMT). Incomplete reconstitution necessitated the use of a long-term central venous catheter. One year after BMT she presented with fever. Echocardiography revealed vegetations on the tricuspid valve. Gram-positive rods grown from blood cultures and catheter tip were identified as Oerskovia xanthineolytica. We report the first case of native valve endocarditis caused by this organism.
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Ellerbroek, P., Kuipers, S., Rozenberg-Arska, M. et al. Oerskovia xanthineolytica: a new pathogen in bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant 22, 503–505 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bmt.1701353
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