title: Clinical experience with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia: a retrospective analysis.
abstract: We report a retrospective review of all cases of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia identified during a period of more than 10 years (January 1990 to May 2002) in a large medical center. Twenty-one cases occurred over that period; 20 cases were available for review. In six instances, the organism appeared to be clinically significant and was most commonly related to a vascular line infection. No deaths, secondary suppurative complications, prolonged bacteremia, or prolonged fever appeared to be caused by S. lugdunensis in our experience. Twenty-five percent of our isolates were resistant to multiple antibiotics, including oxacillin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 48201, USA. jebright@intmed.wayne.edu
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ebright
authors.forename: Neelima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Penugonda
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents