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Kocuria rhizophila adds to the emerging spectrum of micrococcal species involved in human infections.

ABSTRACT: We describe the first case of a Kocuria rhizophila infection in a boy with methylmalonic aciduria. A single clone was isolated from blood samples drawn through a port system and from peripheral veins during septic episodes within a 2-year period. K. rhizophila expands the emerging number of "micrococci" considered to be etiologically relevant.

SUBMITTER: Becker K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2566074 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Kocuria rhizophila adds to the emerging spectrum of micrococcal species involved in human infections.

Becker Karsten K Rutsch Frank F Uekötter Andreas A Kipp Frank F König Jens J Marquardt Thorsten T Peters Georg G von Eiff Christof C

Journal of clinical microbiology 20080709 10

We describe the first case of a Kocuria rhizophila infection in a boy with methylmalonic aciduria. A single clone was isolated from blood samples drawn through a port system and from peripheral veins during septic episodes within a 2-year period. K. rhizophila expands the emerging number of "micrococci" considered to be etiologically relevant. ...[more]

PMID: 18614658

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