Extracorporeal support in a patient with cardiogenic shock due to Aerococcus urinae endocarditis

J Heart Valve Dis. 2009 Jul;18(4):418-20.

Abstract

Aerococcus urinae is a newly identified Gram-positive coccus that causes serious infections. To date, only 15 cases of A. urinae infective endocarditis have been reported, but with a very high mortality. The case is reported of a patient with A. urinae double valve endocarditis. Following aortic and mitral valve replacement, the patient suffered from refractory cardiogenic shock; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was used successfully as a rescue mechanical support.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / microbiology
  • Endocarditis / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis / surgery
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / complications*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitral Valve / microbiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / microbiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy*
  • Streptococcaceae