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Case Reports
. 2008 Nov-Dec;17(6):410-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.06.001. Epub 2008 Aug 8.

Fatal infective endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae--case report and review of literature

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Fatal infective endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae--case report and review of literature

Malek Kass et al. Cardiovasc Pathol. 2008 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

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.

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