S. lugdunensis Native-Joint Septic Arthritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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S. lugdunensis Native-Joint Septic Arthritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a skin commensal classified as a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS). Though CoNS is typically associated with less aggressive clinical disease than Staphylococcus aureus, there is growing awareness that S. lugdunensis may be as virulent as S. aureus. The association between S. lugdunensis and infective endocarditis is well known, but few reports of native-joi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2090-6625,2090-6633
DOI: 10.1155/2017/8903907