Urosepticemia and fatal endocarditis caused by aerococcus-like organisms.
Two cases of invasive infections with aerococcus-like organisms (ALO) are presented: an 81-year-old man with fatal endocarditis and a 63-year-old man with urosepticemia. No antigenic relationship was found between ALO and Aerococcus viridans (NCTC 8251) in crossed immunoelectrophoretic assay.
Christensen
J J
JJ
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Denmark.
Gutschik
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E
Friis-Møller
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A
Korner
B
B
D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013289:Streptococcaceae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial