title: Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia.
abstract: Of 63 patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia, 15 (23.8%) had clinically significant bacteremia, with an incidence of 1.3 cases per 100,000 admissions. Of the five patients with community-acquired S. lugdunensis bacteremia, three had endocarditis. Catheters were the most common portal of entry for health-care-associated or hospital-acquired bacteremia. Only one patient died of bacteremia-related causes.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jin-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Eun Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tae Hyong
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mi Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jae Myung
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Eun Hee
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jae-Bum
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Mi-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yang Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jun Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Sang-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D055499:Catheter-Related Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome