Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia.
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.
Choi
Seong-Ho
SH
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Chung
Jin-Won
JW
Lee
Eun Jung
EJ
Kim
Tae Hyong
TH
Lee
Mi Suk
MS
Kang
Jae Myung
JM
Song
Eun Hee
EH
Jun
Jae-Bum
JB
Kim
Mi-Na
MN
Kim
Yang Soo
YS
Woo
Jun Hee
JH
Choi
Sang-Ho
SH
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