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Enterococcus hirae Bacteremia Associated With Traumatic Soft Tissue Infection: A Case Report.

In recent years, reports of Enterococcus hirae infections in humans have increased. Similarly to most known Enterococci, E. hirae has been identified mostly in bacteremia, urinary tract infections, infective endocarditis, and biliary tract infections. We present a case of E. hirae bacteriemia associated with traumatic soft tissue infection in a 77-year-old male patient, a polytrauma victim with a tibia-fibula open fracture after a forklift accident. Initially, the patient underwent a left below-the-knee amputation but it evolved poorly, with necrosis of the surgical stump. Debridement and anti…