title: Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
abstract: A fatal case of penicillin resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis on a native valve damaged by rheumatic fever is described. A retrospective examination of 978 tube coagulase negative staphylococcal blood culture isolates was also performed to determine how often this species is isolated. None of the 978 isolates was identified as S lugdunensis. It is concluded that ornithine decarboxylase production is the only reliable method of identifying this species.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Laboratory, St George's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: O'Driscoll
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhargava
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification