Aerococcus sanguinicola

Background

• Stain:Gram positive coccus within the genus Aerococcus

Clinical Manifestations

• May be contaminant
• Causes urinary tract infections, bacteremia, and rare infective endocarditis

Management

• Generally susceptible to penicillins; higher MICs to cephalosporins, but still susceptible
• Susceptible to vancomycin and linezolid
• Variable resistance to fluoroquinolones