Publication details

Culture negative case of Aerococcus urinae infective endocarditis.

Authors

SLANÝ Michal FREIBERGER Tomáš PAVLÍK Petr ČERNÝ Jan

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Heart Valve Disease
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords endocarditis; Aerococcus urinae; 16S rRNA; PCR
Description Aerococcus urinae is a rarely reported pathogen usually causing mild urinary tract infections, but serious complications such as endocarditis and septicemia have also been described. It might be easily missed or misidentified using commercial detection systems. To our knowledge, fourteen patients of A. urinae infective endocarditis, including 8 fatal cases, have been reported in the literature so far. Here we describe a new case of blood culture negative infective endocarditis in 69-year-old male. The patient recovered fully after treatment by aortic valve replacement and antibiotics. The causative agent was identified from the valve by broad-range PCR.

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