Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Aerococcus Urinae

Reba Varughese; Achsah Mathew; Rishi Chadha; Julia Kostka; David Regelmann

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00912

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Aerococcus Urinae

Reba Varughese, Achsah Mathew, Rishi Chadha, Julia Kostka, David Regelmann

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Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Aerococcus urinae is rare. The true incidence rate of this pathogen is likely underestimated as this is easily misidentified as Staphylococci or Streptococci. It is also associated with increased risk of complications such as systemic emboli. Aerococcus usually affects elderly males with underlying urological conditions. Here we present a case of IE with this rare Aerococcus urinae in a young man with a bioprosthetic aortic valve, despite negative urine cultures.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e00912
Journal	IDCases
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00912
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Aerococcus urinae
Bacteremia
Infective endocarditis

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Infectious Diseases

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