Acute pyelonephritis caused by Aerococcus urinae in a 12-year-old boy.
Aerococcus urinae are Gram-positive cocci that cause urinary tract infections in adults with underlying genitourinary (GU) tract disease. We report a case of pyelonephritis caused by A. urinae in a 12-year-old boy with a history of pyeloplasty and GU reflux.
Murray
Thomas S
TS
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Thomas.s.murray@yale.edu
Muldrew
Kenneth L
KL
Finkelstein
Robert
R
Hampton
Lee
L
Edberg
Stephen C
SC
Cappello
Michael
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013289:Streptococcaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S