A rare case of Aerococcus urinae infective endocarditis in an atypically young male: case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Aerococcus urinae is a gram-positive, alpha-hemolytic coccus bacterium primarily implicated in less than 1 % of all symptomatic urinary tract infections. Risk factors for disease include male gender, advanced age, and comorbid genitourinary tract pathology. Infections beyond the genitour...

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Autores principales: Yabes, Joseph M., Perdikis, Serafim, Graham, David B., Markelz, Ana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3414-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30333008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3414-0

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