RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Basaglia, Giancarlo A1 Moras, Laura A1 Bearz, Alessandra A1 Scalone, Simona A1 Paoli, Paolo DeYR 2003 T1 Staphylococcus cohnii septicaemia in a patient with colon cancer JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 52 IS 1 SP 101 OP 102 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.05002-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB 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., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.05002-0