A rare case of pleuropulmonary infection and septic shock associated with Enterococcus faecium endocarditis.
Enterococci rarely cause pleuropulmonary infections. A novel case of definitively diagnosed nosocomial Enterococcus faecium pneumonia, empyema, and endocarditis associated with septic shock is reported.
MacEachern
Paul
P
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada.
Giannoccaro
J Peter
JP
Elsayed
Sameer
S
Read
Ronald R
RR
Laupland
Kevin B
KB
D000368:Aged; D004653:Empyema / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*