Septicaemia and endomyocarditis caused by Aerococcus urinae

W Gritsch; M Nagl; J Hausdorfer; A Gschwendtner; C Pechlaner; C J Wiedermann

Septicaemia and endomyocarditis caused by Aerococcus urinae

Wien Klin Wochenschr. 1999 Jun 4;111(11):446-7.

Authors

W Gritsch¹, M Nagl, J Hausdorfer, A Gschwendtner, C Pechlaner, C J Wiedermann

Affiliation

¹ Abteilung für Intensivmedizin, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck, Austria.

PMID: 10420497

Abstract

Aerococcus urinae, an uncommon urinary tract pathogen, was recently shown to cause septicaemia and endocarditis in a few patients in Denmark and the Netherlands. In Austria this is the first report of a fatal course of endomyocarditis by Aerococcus urinae, associated with multiple septic infarcts.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Coronary Thrombosis / pathology
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology*
Fatal Outcome
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / pathology*
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / pathology
Myocarditis / pathology*
Sepsis / pathology*
Shock, Cardiogenic / pathology
Streptococcaceae*