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ROJAS-MOLINA, Sandra Milena; RIVERA-MARIN, Juan Diego  y  LEIVA-PANQUEBA, Lina María. Bacterial endocarditis by Kocuria kristinae in an immunocompetent patient. Case report. Infect. [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.4, pp.399-401. ISSN 0123-9392.  https://doi.org/10.22354/in.v23i4.809.

Members of the genus Kocuria correspond to ubiquitous, generally harmless, Gram-positive cocci that are part of the saprophytic flora of a significant percentage of the population; occasionally they have been described as the agents responsible for infectious pathologies, mainly in the context of patients who concomitantly have chronic diseases and are under an immunosuppression state. There are few cases reported as a cause of endocarditis in immunocompetent patients globally by species of this genus. We present the case of a 44-year-old immunocompetent woman, with no relevant history, in whom only the microbiological diagnosis confirmed the presence of Kocuria kristinae as the causative agent of her infectious endocarditis; Literature points out the difficulty existing when differentiating endocarditis produced by Staphylococcus spp. versus Kocuria kristinae because of their similar clinical evolution, indicating the importance of microbiology when identifying and diagnosing accurately.

Palabras clave : bacterial endocarditis; Kocuria kristinae; Immunocompetent.

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