title: Kocuria rhizophila adds to the emerging spectrum of micrococcal species involved in human infections.
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.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Münster, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Domagkstr. 10, 48149 Münster, Germany. kbecker@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Karsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rutsch
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uekötter
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kipp
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: von Eiff
mesh_terms: 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