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The typical organisms that cause IE include <jats:italic>\n                     <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus\">\n                        <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.5230\" xlink:type=\"simple\">Staphylococcus<\/jats:ext-link>\n                     <\/jats:named-content>\n                  <\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Streptococcus viridians<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Enterococci<\/jats:italic>. However, the importance of rare micro-organisms like <jats:italic>\n                     <jats:named-content content-type=\"species\">\n                        <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.5889\" xlink:type=\"simple\">Kocuria kristinae<\/jats:ext-link>\n                     <\/jats:named-content>\n                  <\/jats:italic> should not be underestimated especially when isolated from multiple blood cultures in patients suspected of IE.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Case presentation.<\/jats:bold> We report a rare case of right-sided infective endocarditis due to <jats:italic>\n                     <jats:named-content content-type=\"species\">\n                        <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" ext-link-type=\"uri\" xlink:href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1601\/nm.5889\" xlink:type=\"simple\">K. kristinae<\/jats:ext-link>\n                     <\/jats:named-content>\n                  <\/jats:italic> in a young non-diabetic, non-addict female of low socioeconomic class who presented with undiagnosed fever for 1 year. She was investigated and treated for fever by several general practitioners without relief. Later on, she was diagnosed by a local cardiologist to have perimembranous ventricular septal defect with a small pulmonary valve vegetation. She was referred to a tertiary care cardiac hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan for further management. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography confirmed IE secondary to preexisting congenital heart disease complicated with a small pulmonary vegetation. Her blood cultures yielded growth of <jats:italic>K. kristanae,<\/jats:italic> a rare micro-organism to cause IE. The patient responded to the antibiotic therapy.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Conclusion.<\/jats:bold> Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for <jats:italic>K. kristanae<\/jats:italic> IE as a possible cause of a prolonged fever especially in the presence of congenital heart disease. 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