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Micrococcus luteus is a Gram-positive to Gram-variable, nonmotile, tetrad-arranging, pigmented, saprotrophic coccus bacterium in the family Micrococcaceae. [1] It is urease and catalase positive. An obligate aerobe , M. luteus is found in soil, dust, water and air, and as part of the normal microbiota of the mammalian skin.
It can be difficult to identify Micrococcus as the cause of an infection, since the organism is normally present in skin microflora, and the genus is seldom linked to disease. In rare cases, death of immunocompromised patients has occurred from pulmonary infections caused by Micrococcus. Micrococci may be involved in other infections, including ...
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An upper respiratory infection like the common cold, the flu, or COVID-19 Environmental irritants like smoke or dust A lower respiratory tract infections like bronchitis or pneumonia
Micrococcus luteus: Skin Micrococcus spp Skin Mycobacterium spp Skin Neisseria spp Skin Peptostreptococcus spp Skin Propionibacterium spp Skin Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Skin Mostly Sarcina spp Skin Staphylococcus aureus: Skin Staphylococcus epidermidis: Skin Sometimes, mostly not Staphylococcus haemolyticus: Skin Streptococcus viridans: Skin ...
Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are infections of blood caused by blood-borne pathogens. [1] The detection of microbes in the blood (most commonly accomplished by blood cultures [2]) is always abnormal. A bloodstream infection is different from sepsis, which is characterized by severe inflammatory or immune responses of the host organism to ...
Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) Neomicrococcus Prakash et al. 2015; Nesterenkonia Stackebrandt et al. 1995; Paenarthrobacter Busse 2016; Paeniglutamicibacter Busse 2016; Pseudarthrobacter Busse 2016; Pseudoglutamicibacter Busse 2016; Psychromicrobium Schumann et al. 2017; Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980; Rothia Georg and Brown ...
Symptoms can range from mild to extreme—often described as extreme flu-like symptoms. Many symptoms may be associated with fungemia, including pain, acute confusion, chronic fatigue, and infections. Skin infections can include persistent or non-healing wounds and lesions, sweating, itching, and unusual discharge or drainage. [citation needed]