Large vegetations in Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis

Murillo, Jeremias; McMahon, Claire K.; Starr, Joanne P.

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.04.001

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“…Acute bacterial endocarditis (ABE) from S. lugdunensis is a rare but important clinical event. First described in an 11‐case series in 1993, more than 80 cases of S. lugdunensis endocarditis have been reported to date 1,2 . Initial observations on the clinical course of S. lugdunensis endocarditis have been validated by subsequent published cases.…”

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Aortic Valve Endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Cevasco

Haime

2011

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

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This is a case of aortic valve endocarditis and leaflet perforation caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis successfully treated with aortic valve replacement and antibiotics. We believe that the patient's endocarditis may be related to the vasectomy he underwent two months prior to presentation, as S. lugdunensis is an integral component of normal skin flora of the lower abdomen and groin. We also suggest that whenever this organism is found in patients with endocarditis, early surgical treatment of the infected valve should be considered, as S. lugdunensis is an aggressive and virulent coagulase-negative staphylococcus.

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Aortic Valve Endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Cevasco

Haime

2011

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

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“…5 Current literature on S. lugdunensis is primarily limited to adult patients; pediatric cases have been reported with VP shunt infections and endocarditis. 6,7 The majority of the isolates have been methicillin susceptible. The emergence of resistance to methicillin has appeared internationally including in a 29-week gestation neonate with sepsis located in Singapore, but there have been limited reports in the United States.…”

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“…8 To the author’s knowledge, there has been only one U.S. reported case of methicillin resistant S. lugdunensis , and this was in a pediatric patient with endocarditis. 7 …”

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Staphylococcus lugdunensis: novel organism causing cochlear implant infection

Bhumbra

Mahboubi

Blackwood

2014

Infectious Disease Reports

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A majority of cochlear implant infections are caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reported here is a pediatric patient with a cochlear implant infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus that has only recently been determined to be clinically relevant (1988). Unlike other coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, it is more aggressive, carrying a greater potential for tissue destruction. In pediatrics, the organism is uncommon, poorly described, and generally pan-susceptible. Described herein is the presentation and management of this unusual organism in a pediatric setting.

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“…Unlike other CoNS, S. lugdunensis infections resemble Staphylococcus aureus infections in virulence, tissue destruction, and clinical course. Toxic shock syndrome, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, postoperative endopthalmitis, and endocarditis have been observed and reported (6)(7)(8)(9). Colonies of S. lugdunensis can be misidentified as a clinically more indolent form of CoNS or identified only at the genus level.…”

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Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis following vasectomy – report of a case history and review of the literature

Schandiz

Hermansen

Jørgensen

et al. 2015

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Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS), and part of the normal skin flora. The bacterium is an emerging pathogen that, unlike other CoNS, resembles coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus infections in virulence, tissue destruction, and clinical course. We report a fatal case following minor surgery. The frequency of S. lugdunensis infections has probably been underestimated and under-reported in the past as few clinical laboratories routinely identify coagulase-negative Staphylococci.

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Large vegetations in Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Aortic Valve Endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Aortic Valve Endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Staphylococcus lugdunensis: novel organism causing cochlear implant infection

Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis following vasectomy – report of a case history and review of the literature

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