Embolic Stroke and Meningitis Secondary to
Staphylococcus lugdunensis Native Valve Endocarditis.
Case Rep Infect Dis 2019;
2019:7910262. [PMID:
31183228 PMCID:
PMC6512069 DOI:
10.1155/2019/7910262]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus that leads to destructive infective endocarditis. The clinical course of S. lugdunensis endocarditis is usually aggressive with a high mortality rate compared to endocarditis caused by other coagulase-negative staphylococcal species. Despite that, it is usually sensitive to Penicillin G, and surgical intervention is sometimes warranted. Here, we report a case of S. lugdunensis endocarditis complicated by both embolic stroke and meningitis.
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