A Case of Sepsis in a 92-Year-Old Korean Woman Caused byAerococcus urinaeand Identified by Sequencing the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene | Zendy

Min Young Lee | Zendy; Myeong Hee Kim | Zendy; Woo In Lee | Zendy; So Young Kang | Zendy; You La Jeon | Zendy

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A Case of Sepsis in a 92-Year-Old Korean Woman Caused byAerococcus urinaeand Identified by Sequencing the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene

Author(s) -

Min Young Lee,

Myeong Hee Kim,

Woo In Lee,

So Young Kang,

You La Jeon

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

laboratory medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332

H-Index - 28

eISSN - 1943-7730

pISSN - 0007-5027

DOI - 10.1093/labmed/lmv030

Subject(s) - ertapenem , ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , biology , sepsis , meropenem , gene , blood culture , genetics , immunology , antibiotics , antibiotic resistance

Aerococcus urinae is an uncommon pathogen that was first identified in 1992. Herein, we report a case of bloodstream infection caused by A. urinae, which occurred in a 92-year-old Korean female patient with an underlying urologic infection who had altered consciousness. The blood culture yielded positive results for A. urinae; however, identifying A. urinae was challenging. Ultimately, we used 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing to identify the organism. The patient recovered after being treated with ertapenem and meropenem. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case of A. urinae sepsis in South Korea.

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