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SUBMITTER: Becker K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2566074 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]