Aerococcus sanguinicola
From IDWiki
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
Further Reading
- Aerococcus: an increasingly acknowledged human pathogen. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2016;22(1). doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.026
