Central venous catheter-related bacteremia caused by Kocuria kristinae: Case report and review of the literature

Dunn, Ryan; Bares, Sara; David, Michael Z

doi:10.1186/1476-0711-10-31

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Table 1 Kocuria Cases Reported in the Literature

From: Central venous catheter-related bacteremia caused by Kocuria kristinae: Case report and review of the literature

*Kocuria spp*.	Age (years)	Gender	Site of Isolation	Country	Medical condition or underlying disease	Reference
K. kristinae	2	male	blood	China	Congenital short bowel, hypogammaglobulinemia, central venous catheter for TPN	[2]
K. kristinae	29	female	blood	United States	Pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum, central venous catheter for TPN	Current report
K. kristinae	89	female	blood, endocarditis	China	Ischemic bowel status post resection, short bowel syndrome, central venous catheter for TPN	[2]
K. kristinae	37	female	blood	China	Gastric cancer, central venous catheter for TPN	[2]
K. kristinae	68	female	blood	China	Gastric cancer, central venous catheter for TPN	[2]
K. kristinae	51	female	blood	Italy	Ovarian cancer undergoing chemotherapy, permanent central venous catheter	[3]
K. kristinae	56	male	biliary fluid	Hong Kong	Gallstones	[5]
K. kristinae	68	male	blood	France	MDS, acute myelogenous leukemia, tuberculosis, central venous catheter for chemotherapy	[4]
K. kristinae	78	male	peritoneal fluid	Italy	End-stage renal disease on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis	[7]
K. kristinae	69	male	peritoneal fluid	China	End-stage renal disease on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis	[6]
K. marina	57	male	peritoneal fluid	South Korea	End-stage renal disease on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis	[11]
K. marina	73	male	peritoneal fluid	South Korea	End-stage renal disease on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis	[11]
K. rhizophila	8	male	blood	Germany	Methylmalonic aciduria, pancreatic pseudocyst, central venous catheter for TPN	[12]
K. rosea	39	male	blood, catheter tip	Turkey	Central venous catheter-related infection, Hodgkin's disease, undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation	[13]
K. rosea	56	female	peritoneal fluid	Turkey	End-stage renal disease on chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis	[14]
K. varians	52	male	central nervous system	China	Diabetes mellitus	[10]

TPN, total parenteral nutrition.
MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome

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