ENTEROCOCCUS-HIRAE SEPTICEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH END-STAGE RENAL-DISEASE UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS

Authors
GILAD J BORER A RIESENBERG K PELED N SHNAIDER A SCHLAEFFER F
Citation
J. Gilad et al., ENTEROCOCCUS-HIRAE SEPTICEMIA IN A PATIENT WITH END-STAGE RENAL-DISEASE UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 17(8), 1998, pp. 576-577
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Infectious Diseases
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
17
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
576 - 577
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1998)17:8<576:ESIAPW>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Enterococcus hirae, member of the Enterococcus genus known to cause in fection in animals, is rarely encountered in clinical practice. There are no published reports describing clinical features of Enterococcus hirae infection in humans. A case of Enterococcus hirae septicemia in a 49-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodial ysis is reported here. A review of the available literature regarding the clinical spectrum of Enterococcus hirae infection in humans and th e antimicrobial susceptibility of Enterococcus hirae is also included.