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Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients.
  Stomatococcus mucilaginosus was isolated from eight neutropenic patients during nine febrile episodes over a 13-month period. Five of these isolates were from definite infections, including one case of fatal meningitis. This slime-producing, catalase-variable, gram-positive coccus is a component of the normal oral flora of humans. Its biochemical profile may result in misidentification; however, unlike most micrococci, it characteristically fails to grow on media containing 5% NaCl. All but one of our isolates were sensitive to benzylpenicillin, and all were sensitive to vancomycin. S. mucilaginosus may prove to be an important pathogen in severely immunocompromised patients.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 November 1991

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Oxford Universtiy Press

  • ISSN:

    1058-4838

  • Library of Congress:

    QR Microbiology

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    579 Microorganisms, fungi & algae

Citation

McWhinney, P. H. M., Kibbler, C. C., Gillespie, S. H., Patel, S., Morrison, D., Hoffbrand, A. V. & Prentice, H. G. (1991). Stomatococcus mucilaginosus: an emerging pathogen in neutropenic patients. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 14, 641-646. ISSN 1058-4838

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Keywords

Stomatococcus mucilaginosus; neutropenic patients; human pathogens;

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