STAPHYLOCOCCUS-LUGDUNENSIS - AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF ENDOCARDITIS - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
SCHONHEYDER HC HANSEN VK ASSCHENFELDT P ROSDAHL VT
Citation
Hc. Schonheyder et al., STAPHYLOCOCCUS-LUGDUNENSIS - AN IMPORTANT CAUSE OF ENDOCARDITIS - A CASE-REPORT, APMIS. Acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica, 101(10), 1993, pp. 802-804
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
APMIS. Acta pathologica, microbiologica et immunologica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
09034641
Volume
101
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
802 - 804
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-4641(1993)101:10<802:S-AICO>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis was diagnosed in a 55-year-old woman maintained on chronic haemodialysis. S. lugdunensis was isolate d from blood and a Gore-Tex graft fistula at admission, and vegetation s with Gram-positive cocci were found on the mitral cusps at autopsy.