Fatal infective endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae--case report and review of literature.
Aerococcus-related infective endocarditis is a rare form of endocarditis with a high mortality. Most cases have associated genitourinary system pathology. Aerococcus urinae is a Gram-positive coccus that is arranged in clusters resembling Staphylococcus, but its growth characteristics and colonial morphology are closer to that of an alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus. This organism may initially be dismissed as a contaminant in clinical cultures from nonsterile sites. We report a representative case and review the literature concerning this unusual case of infective endocarditis.
Kass
Malek
M
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Toye
Baldwin
B
Veinot
John P
JP
D000368:Aged; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications; D013289:Streptococcaceae