Right-Sided Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis: First Reported Case
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1998-1-1
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Cooper, CL
Choudhri, SH
Hoeschen, RJ
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Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative organism first identified in 1988. It is often incorrectly identified as Staphylococcus aureus, and has been isolated as the etiological agent in over 20 cases of left-sided endocarditis. This report describes the first documented case of right-sided endocarditis caused by S lugdunensis. This experience suggests that S lugdunensis can infect native valves in the absence of any predisposing risk factors such as injection drug use.
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CL Cooper, SH Choudhri, and RJ Hoeschen, “Right-Sided Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis: First Reported Case,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 240-242, 1998. doi:10.1155/1998/912019