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Case Reports
. 2017 Apr 12:13:24-25.
doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.03.022. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Aerococcus urinae: An Emerging Cause of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults with Multimorbidity and Urologic Cancer

Andrew Higgins  1 , Tullika Garg  1   2
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Case Reports

Aerococcus urinae: An Emerging Cause of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults with Multimorbidity and Urologic Cancer

Andrew Higgins et al. Urol Case Rep. .

Abstract

Aerococcus urinae is a rare organism isolated from urine cultures. We present a case of an 80 year-old male with bladder cancer and multimorbidity who developed A. urinae infection. A. urinae may cause simple and complicated UTIs, bacteremia, and endocarditis in older adults with multimorbidity, chronic urinary retention, or indwelling catheters. A. urinae treatment should employ penicillin, amoxicillin, and nitrofurantoin. Due to increasing antibiotic resistance, urine culture should include antibiotic susceptibility testing. Prompt and culture-specific treatment is critical to avoid clinical progression of the infection.

Keywords: Bladder cancer; Geriatrics; Multimorbidity; Urinary tract infection.

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