Life-threatening bacteremia and pyonephrosis caused by Enterococcus hirae

Med Mal Infect. 2013 Sep;43(9):401-2. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2013.07.002. Epub 2013 Sep 12.
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Keywords: Bacteremia; Bactériémie; Enterococcus; Entérocoque; Molecular subtyping; Pyonephrosis; Pyonéphrose; Typage moléculaire.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amoxicillin / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / drug therapy
  • Bacteremia / etiology*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Comorbidity
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Susceptibility
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Emergencies
  • Enterococcus / classification
  • Enterococcus / drug effects
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Fluid Therapy
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
  • Multiple Organ Failure / therapy
  • Nephrectomy
  • Pyonephrosis / etiology*
  • Pyonephrosis / microbiology
  • Pyonephrosis / surgery
  • Pyonephrosis / therapy
  • Renal Replacement Therapy
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Shock, Septic / etiology
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Amoxicillin