Kocuria rhizophila adds to the emerging spectrum of micrococcal species involved in human infections.
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.
Becker
Karsten
K
University Hospital of Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. kbecker@uni-muenster.de
Rutsch
Frank
F
Uekötter
Andreas
A
Kipp
Frank
F
König
Jens
J
Marquardt
Thorsten
T
Peters
Georg
G
von Eiff
Christof
C
D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008835:Micrococcaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data