TY - JOUR
T1 - Aerococcus urinae
T2 - An Emerging Cause of Urinary Tract Infection in Older Adults with Multimorbidity and Urologic Cancer
AU - Higgins, Andrew
AU - Garg, Tullika
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.03.022
DO - 10.1016/j.eucr.2017.03.022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017438779
SN - 2214-4420
VL - 13
SP - 24
EP - 25
JO - Urology Case Reports
JF - Urology Case Reports
ER -