title: A rare case of pleuropulmonary infection and septic shock associated with Enterococcus faecium endocarditis.
abstract: Enterococci rarely cause pleuropulmonary infections. A novel case of definitively diagnosed nosocomial Enterococcus faecium pneumonia, empyema, and endocarditis associated with septic shock is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta., Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: MacEachern
authors.forename: J Peter
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giannoccaro
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Elsayed
authors.forename: Ronald R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Kevin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Laupland
mesh_terms: 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*