Asymptomatic bilateral obstructing ureteric calculi resulting in Lactobacillaemia and endocarditis requiring emergency aortic valve replacement

Minto, Thomas, Bullock, Nicholas, Deglurkar, Indu and Hughes, Owen 2020. Asymptomatic bilateral obstructing ureteric calculi resulting in Lactobacillaemia and endocarditis requiring emergency aortic valve replacement. Urology Case Reports 32 , 101218. 10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101218

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Abstract

Ureteric calculi are a common cause of emergency presentation to hospitals in the United Kingdom and worldwide. A significant and life threatening complication of those stones that obstruct the ureter is pyonephrosis, bacteraemia and resulting sepsis. Whilst the majority of such cases present with the typical symptoms of loin pain and fever, here we describe the case of a 57 year old patient with asymptomatic bilateral obstructing ureteric calculi that led to bacteraemia from a rare bacterial pathogen, Lactobacillus jensenii, and subsequent severe bacterial endocarditis requiring emergency aortic valve replacement.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
ISSN:	2214-4420
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 June 2020
Date of Acceptance:	21 April 2020
Last Modified:	06 May 2023 03:53
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/132251

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