Jihye Ha, Keon-Han Kim, Jung-Ok Kim, Jun-Sung Hong, Seok Hoon Jeong, Kyungwon Lee
The genus Kytococcus are pigmented, non-encapsulated, non-motile, aerobic, catalase-positive, Gram-positive cocci in pairs or tetrads. We report a case of Kytococcus schroeteri isolated from a blood specimen of a patient with pneumonia. The isolate was Gram-variable and difficult to identify using conventional biochemical tests.
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