Kocuria rhizophila adds to the emerging spectrum of micrococcal species involved in human infections.

Becker K, Rutsch F, Uekötter A, Kipp F, König J, Marquardt T, Peters G, von Eiff C

Zusammenfassung

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.