Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an important cause of endocarditis. A case report.
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.
Schønheyder
H C
HC
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.
Hansen
V K
VK
Asschenfeldt
P
P
Rosdahl
V T
VT
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*