DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318170af46
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PMID: 18574434
Issn Print: 0891-3668
Publication Date: 2008/08/01
Acute Pyelonephritis Caused by Aerococcus urinae in a 12-Year-Old Boy
Thomas S. Murray; Kenneth L. Muldrew; Robert Finkelstein; Lee Hampton; Stephen C. Edberg; Michael Cappello
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Abstract
Aerococcus urinae are Gram-positive cocci that cause urinary tract infections in adults with underlying genitourinary (GU) tract disease. We report a case of pyelonephritis caused by A. urinae in a 12-year-old boy with a history of pyeloplasty and GU reflux.