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

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Oct;46(10):3537-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00823-08. Epub 2008 Jul 9.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Child
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Micrococcaceae / classification*
  • Micrococcaceae / isolation & purification*
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Associated data

  • GENBANK/FM177895
  • GENBANK/FM177896