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Case Reports
. 2012 Feb;50(2):522-4.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01245-11. Epub 2011 Dec 7.

Pneumonia and bacteremia due to Kytococcus schroeteri

Ola Blennow  1 , Katarina Westling, Inga Fröding, Volkan Ozenci
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Case Reports

Pneumonia and bacteremia due to Kytococcus schroeteri

Ola Blennow et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb.

Abstract

Kytococcus schroeteri, a saprophyte of the human skin, may cause serious infections in the immunocompromised host. Here, we describe a case of pneumonia and bacteremia due to Kytococcus schroeteri in an immunocompromised patient, successfully treated with linezolid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

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