Fatal infective endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae--case report and review of literature

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2008 Nov-Dec;17(6):410-2. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.06.001. Epub 2008 Aug 8.

Abstract

Aerococcus-related infective endocarditis is a rare form of endocarditis with a high mortality. Most cases have associated genitourinary system pathology. Aerococcus urinae is a Gram-positive coccus that is arranged in clusters resembling Staphylococcus, but its growth characteristics and colonial morphology are closer to that of an alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus. This organism may initially be dismissed as a contaminant in clinical cultures from nonsterile sites. We report a representative case and review the literature concerning this unusual case of infective endocarditis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Diverticulitis, Colonic / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / physiopathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia / complications
  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications
  • Streptococcaceae*