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Case Reports
. 1995 Apr;21(4):219-21.
doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00037-b.

Fatal endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae

R L Skov  1 , M Klarlund, S Thorsen
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Case Reports

Fatal endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae

R L Skov et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Apr.

Abstract

Aerococcus species are Gram-positive cocci having Gram-stain characteristics of staphylococci (i.e., form clusters), but biochemical and growth characteristics resembling streptococci and enterococci (i.e., catalase-negative, alpha-hemolytic growth on blood agar). A case of fatal endocarditis due to Aerococcus urinae is presented. Endocarditis should be suspected and, if confirmed, treated aggressively when A. urinae is recovered from blood cultures.

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