... reported in theliterature, and the first reported case in Japan. Case presentation: We report a case of a 55-year-old Japanese woman who had native valve endocarditis with L. garvieae. The case was ... examined by using severalanti-sera against L. garvieae that have previously beenproduced by fish in Japan. The results showed that ourisolate did not have a capsule detected by any anti-cap-sule ... Kikuchi1,2, Yu Amari1, Yuki Uehara1,2, Hiroshi Isonuma1, Teruhiko Hisaoka1,Terutoyo Yoshida4, Kenji Yaginuma3, Norihide Takaya3, Hiroyuki Daida3and Keiichi Hiramatsu2AbstractIntroduction:...