@article{mbs:/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.05002-0, author = "Basaglia, Giancarlo and Moras, Laura and Bearz, Alessandra and Scalone, Simona and Paoli, Paolo De", title = "Staphylococcus cohnii septicaemia in a patient with colon cancer", journal= "Journal of Medical Microbiology", year = "2003", volume = "52", number = "1", pages = "101-102", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05002-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.05002-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1473-5644", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "A coagulase-negative staphylococcal strain was isolated from peripheral blood and central venous catheter blood of a febrile patient with cancer. This isolate, initially classified by a commercial test as Staphylococcus kloosii, was definitively assigned to Staphylococcus cohnii by physiological and molecular tests. The strain lacked virulence factors, such as biofilm production and haemagglutination, and was sensitive to the antibiotics tested. The data suggest that rare micro-organisms with low pathogenic potential can cause severe illness in cancer patients; reference identification is required, however, to describe correctly the epidemiological characteristics and virulence factors of these clinical isolates.", }