title: Atypical Colony Morphology of Staphylococcus lugdunensis Isolated from a Wound Specimen.
abstract: The incidence of infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) has been steadily increasing in recent years. In this report, we describe an isolate of the CoNS Staphylococcus lugdunensis from a wound specimen with a colony morphology distinct from that of a classical S. lugdunensis colony. Specifically, wrinkled, medium-sized, beta hemolytic, opaque, rough white colonies were detected on blood agar. Catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, gram-positive cocci-yielding such colonies should be suspected of being S. lugdunensis.
authors.affiliation: Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yazgi
authors.affiliation: Ataturk University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: M Hamidullah
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Uyanik
keywords: Atypical colony morphology; Staphylococcus lugdunensis