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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bapir, Rawa
• Ahmed, Shaho F.
• Salih, Abdulwahid M.
• Kakamad, Fahmi H.
• Hussein, Karokh F. Hama
• Salih, Karzan M.
• Ali, Rawa M.
• Hussein, Dlsoz M.
• Mustafa, Mohammed Q.
• Abdalla, Berun A.
• Salih, Rawezh Q.

Titel

Aerococcus viridans pyelonephritis in a young age female patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a rare case report

Ist Teil von

• African journal of urology, 2022-12, Vol.28 (1), p.1-3, Article 58

Ort / Verlag

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background Aerococcus species are Gram-positive cocci, with negative catalase and oxidase activities and growth characteristics similar to viridans streptococci. They rarely cause infection in humans. However, there are reports of bacteremia, meningitis, septic arthritis, and endocarditis due to this pathogen in the literature. Herein we report a rare case of pyelonephritis due to A. viridans. Case presentation A 31-year-old-female patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus was presented with left loin pain, fever, nausea, and anorexia for 3 days. She had a history of obstructive nephropathy due to sloughed necrotic papillae 3 months earlier, mandating bilateral JJ stent insertion. She was treated with a 2 weeks course of doxycycline (100 mg, twice daily) based on the antibiotic susceptibility profile of her urine culture and responded well. Conclusion This case highlights the possibility of complicated urinary tracts infection due to a rare human pathogen.