Non-diphtheroid sepsis is rare and has affected only immunocompromised or particularly predisposed patients so far. We present the first case of urosepsis caused by in a 67-year-old woman, without any known immunodeficiencies and in absence of any immunosuppressive therapy, admitted to the hospital for fever and acute dyspnea. This work suggests a new approach in evaluating the isolation of , especially if isolated from blood. In particular, it highlights the potential infectious role of (often considered a contaminant and only rarely identified as an etiological agent of infections) and its clinical consequences, detailing also interesting aspects about its microbiological diagnosis and relative therapy and clarifying contrasting data of literature.

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