title: Catheter-related bacteremia due to Kocuria rosea in a patient undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Micrococcus species may cause intracranial abscesses, meningitis, pneumonia, and septic arthritis in immunosuppressed or immunocompetent hosts. In addition, strains identified as Micrococcus spp. have been reported recently in infections associated with indwelling intravenous lines, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis fluids, ventricular shunts and prosthetic valves.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on the first case of a catheter-related bacteremia caused by Kocuria rosea, a gram-positive microorganism belonging to the family Micrococcaceae, in a 39-year-old man undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation due to relapsed Hodgkin disease. This uncommon pathogen may cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report presents a case of Kocuria rosea catheter related bacteremia after stem cell transplantation successfully treated with vancomycin and by catheter removal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology-Oncology and BMT Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. faltuntas@hotmail.com <faltuntas@hotmail.com>
authors.forename: Fevzi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Altuntas
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.forename: Kürsat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gündogan
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sumerkan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cetin
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008837:Micrococcus; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*