Abstract

BASTIDAS, Alirio R; VELEZ, Carlos A; GUTIERREZ M, Carol V  and  BAHAMON, Nancy J. Bacterial endocarditis by Kocuria kristinae in an inmunocompetent patient: Case report. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2013, vol.20, n.5, pp.316-319. ISSN 0120-5633.

Infections by microorganisms of the genus Kocuria spp. have been reported more frequently in patients with chronic diseases and immunosuppression. Its isolation has not been reported as cause of endocarditis in young and immunocompetent patients. It should be differentiated from infections caused by Staphylococcus spp. given that their clinical course may be similar and that only the isolation and typification in cultures allows definitive etiologic diagnosis and direct appropriate antibiotic therapy. We describe the case of an immunocompetent young patient who presented bacterial endocarditis and in whose blood cultures kristinae Kocuria was isolated.

Keywords : endocarditis; adults; infection.

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