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Transthoracic echocardiography showing a vegetation in the pulmonary valve and ventralseptal defect.
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F1
She consulted a local cardiologist who identified a moderate PMVSD and a small 7 mm vegetation attached to pulmonary valve on transthoracic echocardiography (Fig. 1).
Identification of 
K. kristinae
 by Vitek-2.
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F2
AST Card -P 580 bioMerieux, France as for as Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. All three culture isolates were identified as  K. kristinae  (Fig. 2) to a probability level of 88 to 95 %.
Susceptibility results of 
K. kristinae
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F3
These were susceptible to moxifloxacin, trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole, intermediately susceptible to levofloxacin, gentamycin, and resistant to erythromycin, clindamycin, tobramycin, vancomycin, teicoplanin, tetracycline, rifampicin as per CLSI break points (Fig. 3).