Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Kocuria kristinae is opportunistic Gram-positive cocci from the family Micrococcaceae. It is usually considered part of the normal flora that rarely is isolated from clinical specimens. Here, we report a case of Kocuria kristinae bacteremia; to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report fro...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Reem M., Bassiouny, Dina M., Matar, Yomna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5107847/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27872773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6318064
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Sumario:Kocuria kristinae is opportunistic Gram-positive cocci from the family Micrococcaceae. It is usually considered part of the normal flora that rarely is isolated from clinical specimens. Here, we report a case of Kocuria kristinae bacteremia; to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report from Egypt.

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