Case Report: A rare case of prosthetic valve infective endocarditis caused by Aerococcus urinae

Authors

Muhammad Adeel, Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, USA.Follow
Saman Tariq, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Hisham Akthar, Galway University Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Ahmed Zaghloul, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Corina Iorgoveanu, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.
Carina Dehner, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

F1000Research

Abstract

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a serious and life-threatening cardiac condition, most commonly caused by staphylococci, Streptococcus viridans, and enterococci. However, in special settings, IE can be caused by rare organisms. Here we present a case of IE caused by Aerococcus urinae in a 75-year-old man with a bioprosthetic aortic valve. Aerococcusurinae is a gram-positive, catalase-negative microorganism and is usually an isolate of complicated urinary tract infections in the elderly male population. Improvements in diagnostic testing including use of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization- a time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) have played an important role in recognition of Aerococcus urinae.

First Page

1998

DOI

10.12688/f1000research.12776.3

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Recommended Citation

Adeel, Muhammad; Tariq, Saman; Akthar, Hisham; Zaghloul, Ahmed; Iorgoveanu, Corina; and Dehner, Carina, "Case Report: A rare case of prosthetic valve infective endocarditis caused by Aerococcus urinae" (2017). All Research. 235.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/all_research/235

Identifier

29707195 (pubmed); PMC5883383 (pmc); 10.12688/f1000research.12776.3 (doi)