A rare case of pleuropulmonary infection and septic shock associated with Enterococcus faecium endocarditis

J Infect. 2005 Jan;50(1):84-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.11.005.

Abstract

Enterococci rarely cause pleuropulmonary infections. A novel case of definitively diagnosed nosocomial Enterococcus faecium pneumonia, empyema, and endocarditis associated with septic shock is reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Empyema / microbiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology*