Bone and Joint Infections Caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis

• DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0b013e31816379ea
• Publication Date: 2009-03-05T16:15:11Z
• Authors: Rajil Karnani; Joseph P. Myers
• Keywords: 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; 3. Good health

AbstractStaphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus with increasingly frequent recognition as an invasive pathogen with virulence properties more similar to those of Staphylococcus aureus than to those of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Staphylococcus lugdunensis is most frequently