First Korean Case of Helcococcus kunzii Bacteremia in a Patient with Diabetes
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Dear Editor Members of the Helcococcus genus are non-motile, catalase- negative, facultatively anaerobic gram-positive cocci. To date, a total of 5 species have been assigned to Helcococcus , including H. kunzii , H. ovis , H. pyogenes , H. seattlensis , and H. suecien- sis ; however, H. pyogenes has not yet received official taxo- nomic classification [1, 2]. H. kunzii has been identified as a causative pathogen of abscess, bacteremia, cellulitis, empyema, implantable cardiac device infection, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infection, and sebaceous cyst infection; however, H. kunzii - associated bacteremia is not common [3-7]. We report a case of H. kunzii bacteremia in a patient with diabetes.
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Dear Editor Members of the Helcococcus genus are non-motile, catalase- negative, facultatively anaerobic gram-positive cocci. To date, a total of 5 species have been assigned to Helcococcus , including H. kunzii , H. ovis , H. pyogenes , H. seattlensis , and H. suecien- sis ; however, H. pyogenes has not yet received official taxo- nomic classification [1, 2]. H. kunzii has been identified as a causative pathogen of abscess, bacteremia, cellulitis, empyema, implantable cardiac device infection, osteomyelitis, prosthetic joint infection, and sebaceous cyst infection; however, H. kunzii - associated bacteremia is not common [3-7]. We report a case of H. kunzii bacteremia in a patient with diabetes.
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