Fatal endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae

R L Skov; M Klarlund; S Thorsen

doi:10.1016/0732-8893(95)00037-b

Fatal endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Apr;21(4):219-21. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00037-b.

Authors

R L Skov¹, M Klarlund, S Thorsen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen S, Denmark.

PMID: 7554805
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00037-b

Abstract

Aerococcus species are Gram-positive cocci having Gram-stain characteristics of staphylococci (i.e., form clusters), but biochemical and growth characteristics resembling streptococci and enterococci (i.e., catalase-negative, alpha-hemolytic growth on blood agar). A case of fatal endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae is presented. Endocarditis should be suspected and, if confirmed, treated aggressively when A. urinae is recovered from blood cultures.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Echocardiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / therapy
Fatal Outcome
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / therapy
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Streptococcaceae / isolation & purification*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents