Assertion: infective endocarditis | /r/CreatedBy | s. aureus
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text: Patients without a predisposing cardiac risk factor more likely have nosocomial infective endocarditis, have infective endocarditis caused by more virulent organisms, such as S. aureus, or are intravenous drug users.
text: Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus, can cause a highly destructive native valve endocarditis, similar to infective endocarditis caused by S. aureus (97).