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There are limited studies on the optimal methods for identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and clinical manifestations of vagococcal infections. Herein, we report a patient with a urinary tract infection who had <jats:italic>Vagococcus fluvialis<\/jats:italic> in the urine.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>An 84-year-old man presented to our urology department with a fever that had persisted for several days. He previously worked as a zoo clerk. The patient underwent a left nephroureterectomy for ureteral cancer 5 years ago, and total cystectomy and right cutaneous ureterostomy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer 1 year prior. He was empirically treated with 500\u00a0mg of levofloxacin intravenously every 24\u00a0h for the urinary tract infection. <jats:italic>V. fluvialis<\/jats:italic> was detected in his urine samples and <jats:italic>Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/jats:italic> was detected in his urine and blood samples. Two bacterial species were identified using matrix-assisted laser desorption\/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. He was administered intravenous levofloxacin for approximately 1 week, followed by oral levofloxacin for another week, after which the infections were eradicated.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of <jats:italic>V. fluvialis<\/jats:italic> detected in human urine in Japan. <jats:italic>Vagococcus<\/jats:italic> spp. is commonly isolated from fish or animals, and based on the patient\u2019s work history, it is possible that the patient was a carrier because of transmission from animals.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-024-09193-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,21]],"date-time":"2024-03-21T11:02:30Z","timestamp":1711018950000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["First reported human case of isolation of Vagococcus fluvialis from the urine of a former zoo clerk in Japan: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Hiroyuki","family":"Kitano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hiroki","family":"Kitagawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kayoko","family":"Tadera","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kohei","family":"Saito","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuki","family":"Kohada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kenshiro","family":"Takemoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kohei","family":"Kobatake","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yohei","family":"Sekino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Keisuke","family":"Hieda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hiroki","family":"Ohge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nobuyuki","family":"Hinata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"9193_CR1","unstructured":"Bacterio. 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