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Published online ahead of print on 1 October 2009 as doi:10.1099/jmm.0.010454-0
J Med Microbiol (2009), DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.010454-0
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Postoperative spondylodiscitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri in a diabetic woman

Herve Jacquier, Anne Allard, Pascal Richette, Hang Korng Ea, Marie-Jose Sanson-le Pors and Beatrice Bercot1

APHP, Hopital Lariboisiere; Universite Paris 7-Denis Diderot

1 E-mail: beatrice.bercot{at}lrb.aphp.fr

Received February 17, 2009
Accepted September 24, 2009

Kytococcus schroeteri, a cocci gram-positive bacterium, is a usually regarded as a part of human skin flora. It has been described in prosthetic valve endocarditis but never involved in osteoarticular infections. We report the first case of a spondylodiscitis due to Kytococcus schroeteri identified by the 16S rRNA gene sequencing.






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