Acute pyelonephritis caused by Aerococcus urinae in a 12-year-old boy

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Aug;27(8):760-2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318170af46.

Abstract

Aerococcus urinae are Gram-positive cocci that cause urinary tract infections in adults with underlying genitourinary (GU) tract disease. We report a case of pyelonephritis caused by A. urinae in a 12-year-old boy with a history of pyeloplasty and GU reflux.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Child
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Pyelonephritis / microbiology*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Streptococcaceae / classification
  • Streptococcaceae / genetics
  • Streptococcaceae / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EF619539