Frequency of isolation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis among staphylococcal isolates causing endocarditis: a 20-year experience.
Eighty-nine staphylococcal isolates recovered from patients with bacterial endocarditis at the Mayo Clinic from 1980 to 1999 were studied to determine the prevalence of Staphylococcus lugdunensis among clinical isolates of staphylococci causing endocarditis. Four isolates, all from patients with native mitral valve endocarditis, were identified as S. lugdunensis.
Patel
R
R
Division of Infectious Diseases and Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. patel.robin@mayo.edu
Piper
K E
KE
Rouse
M S
MS
Uhl
J R
JR
Cockerill
F R
FR
Steckelberg
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*