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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| author | Reem M. Hassan Dina M. Bassiouny Yomna Matar |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-a99730b97b4743dd86ff8e3364b4560c2025-08-20T02:23:06ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332016-01-01201610.1155/2016/63180646318064Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the LiteratureReem M. Hassan0Dina M. Bassiouny1Yomna Matar2Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptKocuria 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6318064 |
| spellingShingle | Reem M. Hassan Dina M. Bassiouny Yomna Matar Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full | Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_fullStr | Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_short | Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| title_sort | bacteremia caused by kocuria kristinae from egypt are there more a case report and review of the literature |
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