H. aphrophilus was isolated from 11 successively cultivated blood samples of a male (72) with a fatal atypical endocarditis. Identification and differential diagnosis from Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) actinomycetemcomitans was done on the basis of phenotypic characters of the microorganism.

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