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J Med Microbiol 52 (2003), 101-102; DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05002-0
© 2003 Society for General Microbiology
ISSN 0022-2615

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Staphylococcus cohnii septicaemia in a patient with colon cancer

Giancarlo Basaglia1, Laura Moras1, Alessandra Bearz2, Simona Scalone2 and Paolo De Paoli1

Microbiologia, Immunologia e Virologia1 and Oncologia Medica B2, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

Correspondence Paolo De Paoli pdepaoli{at}cro.it

Received 19 June 2002 Accepted 14 September 2002

A coagulase-negative staphylococcal strain was isolated from peripheral blood and central venous catheter blood of a febrile patient with cancer. This isolate, initially classified by a commercial test as Staphylococcus kloosii, was definitively assigned to Staphylococcus cohnii by physiological and molecular tests. The strain lacked virulence factors, such as biofilm production and haemagglutination, and was sensitive to the antibiotics tested. The data suggest that rare micro-organisms with low pathogenic potential can cause severe illness in cancer patients; reference identification is required, however, to describe correctly the epidemiological characteristics and virulence factors of these clinical isolates.




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