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A Case Series Of Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Infection In Cancer Patients At An Academic Cancer Institute In The United States, Dae Hyun Lee, Olga Klinkova, Jong-Wook Kim, Sowmya Nanjappa, John N. Greene
A Case Series Of Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Infection In Cancer Patients At An Academic Cancer Institute In The United States, Dae Hyun Lee, Olga Klinkova, Jong-Wook Kim, Sowmya Nanjappa, John N. Greene
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Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) that is a part of the normal human skin flora. Even though it belongs to CoNS family, it can cause severe and destructive infections in a similar fashion to Staphylococcus aureus. Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI), bacteremia and endocarditis are amongst the most common clinical presentations. Diagnosis and clinical presentation of infections caused by S. lugdunensis in cancer patients is limited. Materials and Methods: We performed a retrospective chart review of 24 patients who had cultures positive for S. lugdunensis. Out of 24 patients, 14 patients were diagnosed with …