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Usually a commensal organism endemic the human microflora, micrococcus is not considered to be a pathogen or disease-causing in healthy humans.
In humans who are severely immunosuppresed, micrococcusinfections may manifest many, many ways, including skin infections, pulmonary infections, &c. &c.
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