title: Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an important cause of endocarditis. A case report.
abstract: Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis was diagnosed in a 55-year-old woman maintained on chronic haemodialysis. S. lugdunensis was isolated from blood and a Gore-Tex graft fistula at admission, and vegetations with Gram-positive cocci were found on the mitral cusps at autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Schønheyder
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asschenfeldt
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Rosdahl
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*