Leite A, Vinhas-Da-Silva A, Felício L, Vilarinho AC, Ferreira G. Aerococcus viridans urinary tract infection in a pediatric patient with secondary pseudohypoaldosteronism.
Rev Argent Microbiol 2011;
42:269-70. [PMID:
21229195 DOI:
10.1590/s0325-75412010000400005]
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Abstract
Aerococcus viridans is a catalase-negative gram-positive bacterium rarely found as human pathogen. Some cases of urinary tract infection (UTI) have been described in immunocompromised adults. In this article we describe a UTI case caused by this agent in a child with severe obstructive uropathy, clinically presented with secondary pseudohypoaldosteronism (SPHA). Although A. viridans is rarely associated with child infection, it can be responsible for life threatening conditions/ situations. To our knowledge, A. viridans UTI has never been reported in pediatric patients.
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