Acute Pyelonephritis with Bacteremia Caused by Enterococcus Hirae: A Rare Infection in Humans

Overview

Journal Case Rep Infect Dis

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2016 Apr 30

PMID 27127665

Citations 11

Authors

Ana Paosinho

Telma Azevedo

Joao V Alves

Isabel A Costa

Gustavo Carvalho

Susana R Peres

Teresa Baptista

Fernando Borges

Kamal Mansinho

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Abstract

Enterococci are one of the usual residents of the microflora in humans. In the last decade this genus has been reported as the third most common cause of bacteremia. We present the case of a 78-year-old female who was admitted to the emergency room because of nausea, lipothymia, and weakness. She was diagnosed with a pyelonephritis with bacteremia, with the isolation in blood and urine cultures of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus hirae. This last microorganism is a rarely isolated pathogen in humans. Currently it is estimated to represent 1-3% of all enterococcal species isolated in clinical practice.

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