A Case of Aerococcus Urinae Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Aerococcus urinae is an aerobic, alpha hemolytic gram positive coccus bacterium that grows in pairs or clusters. We report the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to A. urinae. This has not been previously reported in the literature.

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Autores principales: Jerome, Michael, Slim, Jihad, Sison, Raymund, Marton, Randy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069429
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.157246
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spelling pubmed-44483312015-06-11 A Case of Aerococcus Urinae Vertebral Osteomyelitis Jerome, Michael Slim, Jihad Sison, Raymund Marton, Randy J Glob Infect Dis Case Report Aerococcus urinae is an aerobic, alpha hemolytic gram positive coccus bacterium that grows in pairs or clusters. We report the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to A. urinae. This has not been previously reported in the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4448331/ /pubmed/26069429 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.157246 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Global Infectious Diseases http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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A Case of Aerococcus Urinae Vertebral Osteomyelitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4448331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069429
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.157246
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