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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, p. 3537-3539, Vol. 46, No. 10
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00823-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Kocuria rhizophila Adds to the Emerging Spectrum of Micrococcal Species Involved in Human Infections{triangledown}

Karsten Becker,1* Frank Rutsch,2 Andreas Uekötter,1 Frank Kipp,1 Jens König,2 Thorsten Marquardt,2 Georg Peters,1 and Christof von Eiff1

Institute of Medical Microbiology,1 Department of General Pediatrics, University Hospital of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany2

Received 30 April 2008/ Returned for modification 5 June 2008/ Accepted 30 June 2008

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. Phone: (49) 251 83-55360. Fax: (49) 251 83-55350. E-mail: kbecker{at}uni-muenster.de

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 July 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, p. 3537-3539, Vol. 46, No. 10
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00823-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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