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Catheter-related bacteremia due to Kocuria kristinae in a patient with ovarian cancer.


ABSTRACT: We report on the first case of a catheter-related recurrent bacteremia caused by Kocuria kristinae, a gram-positive microorganism belonging to the family Micrococcaceae, in a 51-year-old woman with ovarian cancer. This unusual pathogen may cause opportunistic infections in patients with severe underlying diseases.

SUBMITTER: Basaglia G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC120093 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Catheter-related bacteremia due to Kocuria kristinae in a patient with ovarian cancer.

Basaglia G G   Carretto E E   Barbarini D D   Moras L L   Scalone S S   Marone P P   De Paoli P P  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20020101 1


We report on the first case of a catheter-related recurrent bacteremia caused by Kocuria kristinae, a gram-positive microorganism belonging to the family Micrococcaceae, in a 51-year-old woman with ovarian cancer. This unusual pathogen may cause opportunistic infections in patients with severe underlying diseases. ...[more]

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