Ossai Benjamin, Mehraban Shadan, London Jonathan, Spetsieris Nicholas, Tharayil Zubin, Trehan Manoj, Pratap Balaji
Department of Internal Medicine, Long Island Community Hospital, United States.
Department of Infectious Disease, Long Island Community Hospital, United States.
J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect. 2025 Jan 6;15(1):66-69. doi: 10.55729/2000-9666.1433. eCollection 2025.
is an alpha-hemolytic gram-positive catalase-negative coccus that typically causes urinary tract infections. It has been rarely implicated in other invasive infections such as endocarditis, bacteremia, peritonitis, meningitis, and vertebral osteomyelitis. There are approximately 50 reported cases of infective endocarditis in literature. We present a rare case of a 64-year-old male who was found to have a urinary tract infection, bacteremia, and endocarditis caused by .
是一种α溶血性革兰氏阳性、过氧化氢酶阴性球菌,通常引起尿路感染。它很少与其他侵袭性感染有关,如心内膜炎、菌血症、腹膜炎、脑膜炎和脊椎骨髓炎。文献中报道的感染性心内膜炎病例约有50例。我们报告一例罕见病例,一名64岁男性被发现患有由……引起的尿路感染、菌血症和心内膜炎。