title: A case of vascular graft infection caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis after femoropopliteal bypass operation.
abstract: A 79-year-old man who had undergone a right femoropopliteal (FP) bypass operation 6 weeks previously was diagnosed with vascular graft infection caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Another FP bypass operation was performed, with long-term administration of antibiotics, and the patient eventually recovered well without any recurrences for over 2 years. Although S. lugdunens is classified as coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, its pathogenicity has been reported to be equal to that of S. aureus. Based on the literature review, the organism characteristically colonizes the inguinal area of human skin;thus, operations such as FP bypass grafting may place patients at a relatively high risk for infection by S. lugdunensis, a potentially high-pathogenicity organism.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.e_dai_for_all@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Hideharu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagiya
authors.forename: Mitsuaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamasawa
authors.forename: Yuto
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Haruki
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D057787:Staphylococcus lugdunensis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents