Acute Pyelonephritis with Bacteremia in an 89-Year-Old Woman Caused by Two Slow-Growing Bacteria: Aerococcus urinae and Actinotignum schaalii
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Report
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Actinotignum schaalii | Aerococcus urinae c | |||
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Antimicrobial Agent | MIC (mg/L) | Susceptibility Categories b | MIC (mg/L) | Susceptibility Categories |
Amoxicillin | 0.25 | S | 0.032 | S |
Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid | 0.064 | S | NA | |
Piperacillin-tazobactam | 1 | S | NA | |
Ciprofloxacin | NA | 0.25 | S | |
Levofloxacin | NA | 1 | S | |
Moxifloxacin | 2 | I | NA | |
Metronidazole | 256 | R | NA | |
Rifampicin | NA | 0.064 | S |
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Lotte, L.; Durand, C.; Chevalier, A.; Gaudart, A.; Cheddadi, Y.; Ruimy, R.; Lotte, R. Acute Pyelonephritis with Bacteremia in an 89-Year-Old Woman Caused by Two Slow-Growing Bacteria: Aerococcus urinae and Actinotignum schaalii. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2908. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11122908
Lotte L, Durand C, Chevalier A, Gaudart A, Cheddadi Y, Ruimy R, Lotte R. Acute Pyelonephritis with Bacteremia in an 89-Year-Old Woman Caused by Two Slow-Growing Bacteria: Aerococcus urinae and Actinotignum schaalii. Microorganisms. 2023; 11(12):2908. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11122908
Chicago/Turabian StyleLotte, Laurène, Claire Durand, Alicia Chevalier, Alice Gaudart, Yousra Cheddadi, Raymond Ruimy, and Romain Lotte. 2023. "Acute Pyelonephritis with Bacteremia in an 89-Year-Old Woman Caused by Two Slow-Growing Bacteria: Aerococcus urinae and Actinotignum schaalii" Microorganisms 11, no. 12: 2908. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11122908
APA StyleLotte, L., Durand, C., Chevalier, A., Gaudart, A., Cheddadi, Y., Ruimy, R., & Lotte, R. (2023). Acute Pyelonephritis with Bacteremia in an 89-Year-Old Woman Caused by Two Slow-Growing Bacteria: Aerococcus urinae and Actinotignum schaalii. Microorganisms, 11(12), 2908. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11122908