title: Staphylococcus lugdunensis:  low prevalence and clinical significance in a pediatric microbiology laboratory.
abstract: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is reported to be a highly virulent coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species, but whether it is an important pediatric pathogen is uncertain. At our pediatric center, only 2.1% (7/347) of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus isolates were found to be S. lugdunensis, and only 1 isolate was considered possibly clinically significant.S. lugdunensis does not appear to be a common pathogen in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: German
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ana Luisa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wiebe
authors.forename: Tamara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Burdz
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slinger
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003030:Coagulase / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D057787:Staphylococcus lugdunensis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D062885:Urinary Catheters / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003030:Coagulase