Chonnam Med J.  2019 Sep;55(3):177-178. 10.4068/cmj.2019.55.3.177.

A Rare Case of Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Enterococcus hirae in an Elderly Man with Benign Prostate Hyperplasia

• Oh JH
• Cho AY
• Kim YS
• Lee KY
• Sun IO

• KMID: 2458575
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4068/cmj.2019.55.3.177

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Aged*
Enterococcus*
Humans
Hyperplasia*
Prostate*
Urinary Tract Infections*
Urinary Tract*

Figure

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  FIG. 1 Colonial morphology of Enterococcus hirae. Smooth, cream or white colonies were grown for 24 hours on 5% sheep blood agar plate in 5% CO2 incubation at 37℃.The strain was identified as Enterococcus hirae by MALDI-TOF (matrix-assisated laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, VITEK® MS system V3.0).

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