title: Microbiological characteristics, presumptive identification, and antibiotic susceptibilities of Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
abstract: This study validated abbreviated methods for the presumptive identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis and studied the antibiotic susceptibilities of 106 isolates. The combination of positive responses to ornithine and pyrrolidonyl arylamidase identified all S. lugdunensis isolates. Resistance to penicillin and methicillin was detected in 27 and 5% of isolates, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Division of Laboratory Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore. thean_yen_tan@cgh.com.sg
authors.forename: Thean Yen
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Siew Yong
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009952:Ornithine / Q000378:metabolism; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D011751:Pyroglutamyl-Peptidase I / Q000378:metabolism; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D009952:Ornithine; D011751:Pyroglutamyl-Peptidase I