Case report


An unknown source of Micrococcus luteus bacteremia

Addie Pederson BA, R. Boone Coleman MS, Mary Irving MD

ABSTRACT

Micrococcus luteus is a common organism in the human skin flora. It is an uncommon cause of pathogenic bloodstream infections, which occur mostly in immunocompromised patients. We report the clinical course of an 82-year-old man who underwent complex management of multiple diverticular abscesses and had three serial positive blood cultures for M. luteus. Despite treatment with vancomycin, the patient ultimately died due to septicemia secondary to mixed gastrointestinal flora and M. luteus. A source this infection was never definitely identified.

Keywords: Micrococcus luteus, bacteremia




Article citation: Pederson A, Coleman B, Irving M. An unknown source of Micrococcus luteus bacteremia. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2023;11(48):43–45

From: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine (AP, BC); Department of Family Medicine (MI), Lubbock, Texas

Submitted: 6/9/2023

Accepted: 7/1/2023

Conflicts of interest: none

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