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Urinary tract infections withAerococcus urinae in the South of the Netherlands

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Aerococcus urinae is an uncommon urinary tract pathogen that causes infections predominantly in elderly persons with local or general predisposing conditions. During a one-year study, the clinical features ofAerococcus urinae urinary tract infections (≥105 cfu/ml) were investigated in two large medical microbiology laboratories in the Netherlands. The incidence ofAerococcus urinae urinary tract infections ranged between 0.31 and 0.44% for the two laboratories. The median age (range 35–95 years) of patients with this infection was 82.5 years for women and 77.5 for men. Men had significantly (p < 0.01) more local predisposing conditions than did women. Underlying systemic diseases such as diabetes mellitus, malignancy, and dementia were found in 67.5% of patients. Most patients (97.5%) had the classic signs of a urinary tract infection, but none of them developed serious symptoms. All isolates tested were susceptible to penicillin, amoxicillin, and nitrofurantoin, 78.3% were susceptible to norfloxacin, and all were resistant to sulfonamides. The majority of patients were treated with amoxicillin, amoxicillin with clavulanic acid, or norfloxacin.

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, PO Box 747, 5000, AS Tilburg, The Netherlands

    P. M. H. Schuur, M. C. Vos, M. M. P. C. Janssens & A. G. M. Buiting

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5000, LC Tilburg, The Netherlands

    M. E. E v. Kasteren

  3. Regional Laboratory for Public Health “Zeeland”, PO Box 36, 4460, AA Goes, The Netherlands

    L. Sabbe

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Schuur, P.M.H., Kasteren, M.E.E.v., Sabbe, L. et al. Urinary tract infections withAerococcus urinae in the South of the Netherlands. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 16, 871–875 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01700552

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