Staphylococcus lugdunensis in several niches of the normal skin flora

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 385 - 388
• Main Authors: Bieber, L., Kahlmeter, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley-Blackwell; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adult; Aged; aureas; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Blood; Blood culture; Central nervous system; Contaminants; Ecosystem; Endocarditis; Extremities; Female; Flora; Habitat; Humans; Infection; Infectious diseases; lugdunensis; Male; Medical sciences; MEDICIN; MEDICINE; Middle Aged; Mortality; Niches; normal habit; Nose; Pathogenicity; Pathogens; Perineum; S. aureas; S. lugdunensis; Skin; Skin - microbiology; skin flora; Staphylococcus - isolation & purification; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Sweden; Toe; Virulence; Young Adult; Sweden; normal habit; skin flora; S. lugdunensis; S. aureas; Infection; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Microflora; Micrococcaceae; Skin

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CNS). Its pathogenicity and virulence are more similar to Staphylococcus aureus than to a CNS. It causes severe infections with high mortality, such as endocarditis, but more often painful and prolonged skin- and soft-tissue infectio...