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Ramya TG, Baby S, Geetha RK. Rothia mucilaginosa pneumonia in an elderly patient from a tertiary care centre in Kerala. 2015; 17 (1):43-44.
Rothia mucilaginosa (previously Stomatococcus mucilaginosus) is a Gram-positive coccus residing in the oral cavity and respiratory tract as a part of normal flora. In the recent years, it has been associated with opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. In this case report, we present a case of pneumonia due to R. mucilaginosa. The isolate was confirmed using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry system.
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