Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2016)

Bacteremia Caused by Kocuria kristinae from Egypt: Are There More? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

  • Reem M. Hassan,
  • Dina M. Bassiouny,
  • Yomna Matar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6318064
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2016

Abstract

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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.