Not the usual suspect: A case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis infective endocarditis
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Pacemaker Related Infective Endocarditis from Staphylococcus Lugdunensis: A Case Report
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a common skin flora not typically associated with infection. There are, however, several cases reported in the literature of Staphylococcus lugdunensis as a causative bacterium of various infections. This paper reports an additional case of pacemaker associated endocarditis with Staphylococcus lugdunensis as the causative bacterium.
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A case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis is presented with low back pain suggesting a secondary bone focus of infection. An umbilical skin lesion may have been an additional embolic phenomenon. The case highlights the aggressive nature of S lugdenensis endocarditis compared with other coagulase negative staphylococci and its association with native heart valves. In addition the importa...
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a rare disease. Since its first description in 1988, there have only been a few reports of this disease and the causative organism. These publications were primarily case reports and brief case series. We conducted a literature review to identify the nature of the disease and its risk factors. METHODS We retrosp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2398-8096
DOI: 10.15761/cmid.1000156