ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2009
Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a common cause of skin and soft tissue infections in the community.
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- From Obscurity To Spotlight: Staphylococcus lugdunensis-Induced Infective Endocarditis, a Profound Case Unraveling.Cureus · 2023Article
- Characteristics and outcomes in adult patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia compared to patients with Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a retrospective study in a 16-year period at the university hospital, Japan.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
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- In vivo growth of Staphylococcus lugdunensis is facilitated by the concerted function of heme and non-heme iron acquisition mechanisms.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2022Article
- Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Staphylococcus lugdunensis.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2022Article
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- Profile of Bacterial Infections in COVID-19 Patients: Antimicrobial Resistance in the Time of SARS-CoV-2.Biology · 2021Article
- Deviations in the gut microbiota of neonates affected by maternal group B Streptococcus colonization.BMC microbiology · 2021Article
- Staphylococcus lugdunensis: a Skin Commensal with Invasive Pathogenic Potential.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2021Review
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Abstract
Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a rare cause of severe infections such as native valve endocarditis, often causes superficial skin infections similar to Staphylococcus aureus infections. We initiated a study to optimize the identification methods in the routine laboratory, followed by a population-based epidemiologic analysis of patients infected with S. lugdunensis in Viborg County, Denmark. Recognition of a characteristic Eikenella corrodens-like odor on Columbia sheep blood agar combined with colony pleomorphism and prominent beta-hemolysis after 2 days of incubation, confirmed by API-ID-32 Staph, led to an 11-fold increase in the detection of S. lugdunensis. By these methods we found 491 S. lugdunensis infections in 4 years, corresponding to an incidence of 53 per 100,000 per year, an increase from 5 infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the preceding years. Seventy-five percent of the cases were found in general practice; these were dominated by skin abscesses (36%), wound infections (25%), and paronychias (13%). Fifty-six percent of the infections occurred below the waist, and toes were the most frequently infected site (21%). Only 3% of the patients suffered from severe invasive infections. The median age was 52 years, and the male/female ratio was 0.69. Our study shows that S. lugdunensis is a common cause of skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTI) and is probably underrated by many laboratories. S. lugdunensis should be accepted as a significant pathogen in SSTI and should be looked for in all routine bacteriological examinations, and clinicians should be acquainted with the name and the pathology of the bacterium.
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