Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an important cause of endocarditis. A case report

H C Schønheyder; V K Hansen; P Asschenfeldt; V T Rosdahl

doi:10.1111/j.1699-0463.1993.tb00183.x

Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an important cause of endocarditis. A case report

APMIS. 1993 Oct;101(10):802-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1993.tb00183.x.

Authors

H C Schønheyder¹, V K Hansen, P Asschenfeldt, V T Rosdahl

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Denmark.

PMID: 8267958
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1993.tb00183.x

Abstract

Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis was diagnosed in a 55-year-old woman maintained on chronic haemodialysis. S. lugdunensis was isolated from blood and a Gore-Tex graft fistula at admission, and vegetations with Gram-positive cocci were found on the mitral cusps at autopsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Autopsy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology
Female
Gram-Positive Bacteria / isolation & purification
Humans
Middle Aged
Renal Dialysis
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology
Staphylococcus / isolation & purification*