Umbilical Sepsis Caused by Multidrug Resistant Strain of Kocuria kristinae in a New Born: A Case Report
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Correspondence
Dr. Umadevi Sivaraman,
Professor, Department of Microbiology, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute,
Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University, Pondicherry, India.
E-mail: drumadevi@yahoo.co.in
Kocuria species were placed previously under the genus Micrococcus, are skin and oropharynx commensals in mammals, including man. A rare bacteria, Kocuria kristinae isolated from a new born with umbilical sepsis. Identification and antibiotic susceptibility was done by Vitek 2 compact system (Biomerieux). The isolate was sensitive to higher antibiotics like vancomycin, teicoplanin and linezolid. As this new pathogen resembles coagulase negative staphylococcus, it should not be misidentified.