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Only four cases of human infection caused by <jats:italic>Staphylococcus schleiferi<\/jats:italic> subspecies <jats:italic>coagulans<\/jats:italic> have been reported. Herein, we present the first case of catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by <jats:italic>S. schleiferi<\/jats:italic> subspecies <jats:italic>coagulans<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 62-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital for examination of sigmoid colon tumor. During hospitalization, he had fever, shaking chills, and swelling at the peripheral venous catheter insertion site. Two sets of blood cultures were positive for <jats:italic>S. schleiferi<\/jats:italic> subspecies <jats:italic>coagulans<\/jats:italic> which was confirmed using matrix-assisted laser desorption\/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing and the coagulase test. The patient was successfully treated without relapse.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>To our knowledge, this is the first report of catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by <jats:italic>S. schleiferi<\/jats:italic> subspecies <jats:italic>coagulans. 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