MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS AS A CAUSE OF RECURRENT BACTEREMIA

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Micrococcus species, members of the family Micrococcaceae, are usually regarded as contaminants from skin and mucous membranes.1 Nevertheless they have been documented to be causative organisms in cases of bacteremia, endocarditis, ventriculitis, peritonitis, pneumonia, endophthalmitis, keratolysis and septic arthritis.2-9 In these reports micrococci were identified on the basis of their colonial morphology,...

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