TY - JOUR
T1 - First report of Kocuria marina bloodstream infection unrelated to a central venous catheter
T2 - A mini-review on an emerging and under-recognized opportunistic pathogen
AU - Pulcrano, Giovanna
AU - Balzaretti, Michela
AU - Grosini, Alessia
AU - Piacentini, Vincenzo
AU - Poddighe, Dimitri
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - We report a case of sepsis by Kocuria marina in a 45 year-old woman carrying a midline venous catheter to provide total parenteral nutrition. Despite the finding of K. Marina bacteraemia, no bacteria grew from the culture of the catheter tip. As the patient was affected with severe leg ulcers, K. marina bloodstream infection from a skin breakage other than CVC was supposed. K. marina is an emerging opportunistic agent deserving attention and probably under-recognized, as it can be misdiagnosed as Staphylococcus if only conventional microbiological analyses are performed for bacterial identification.
AB - We report a case of sepsis by Kocuria marina in a 45 year-old woman carrying a midline venous catheter to provide total parenteral nutrition. Despite the finding of K. Marina bacteraemia, no bacteria grew from the culture of the catheter tip. As the patient was affected with severe leg ulcers, K. marina bloodstream infection from a skin breakage other than CVC was supposed. K. marina is an emerging opportunistic agent deserving attention and probably under-recognized, as it can be misdiagnosed as Staphylococcus if only conventional microbiological analyses are performed for bacterial identification.
KW - Bloodstream infection
KW - Kocuria marina
KW - Venous leg ulcers
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 28353459
AN - SCOPUS:85017008887
VL - 25
SP - 71
EP - 74
JO - Infezioni in Medicina
JF - Infezioni in Medicina
SN - 1124-9390
IS - 1
ER -