Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA

We report a case of a 61-year-old man in New York, USA, who had recurrent Aerococcus urinae endocarditis that first involved his native and then his bioprosthetic tricuspid valve. We demonstrate that a complicated A. urinae endocarditis case can be successfully treated with single-agent antimicrobi...

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Main Authors: Tasfia Siam, Tyler Stephen, Sonal Munsiff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2025-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/5/25-0013_article
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description We report a case of a 61-year-old man in New York, USA, who had recurrent Aerococcus urinae endocarditis that first involved his native and then his bioprosthetic tricuspid valve. We demonstrate that a complicated A. urinae endocarditis case can be successfully treated with single-agent antimicrobial drug therapy and surgery.
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spellingShingle Tasfia Siam
Tyler Stephen
Sonal Munsiff
Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Aerococcus urinae
endocarditis
heart valve prosthesis
tricuspid valve
case report
bacteria
title Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA
title_full Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA
title_fullStr Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA
title_full_unstemmed Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA
title_short Case Report of Aerococcus urinae Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis, New York, USA
title_sort case report of aerococcus urinae tricuspid valve endocarditis new york usa
topic Aerococcus urinae
endocarditis
heart valve prosthesis
tricuspid valve
case report
bacteria
url https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/5/25-0013_article
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