A case of aerococcus urinae vertebral osteomyelitis

Abstract

Aerococcus urinae is an aerobic, alpha hemolytic gram positive coccus bacterium that grows in pairs or clusters. We report the first case of vertebral osteomyelitis due to A. urinae. This has not been previously reported in the literature.

Keywords

• Aerococcus urinae
• Osteomyelitis
• Alpha hemolytic