Staphylococcus lugdunensis infection sites: predominance of abscesses in the pelvic girdle region.
Richard
Bellamy
;
Timothy
Barkham
;
(2002)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis infection sites: predominance of abscesses in the pelvic girdle region.
Clinical infectious diseases, 35 (3).
E32-E34.
ISSN 1058-4838
DOI: 10.1086/341304
We used a screening protocol to identify Staphylococcus lugdunensis in clinical specimens with pure or predominant growth of coagulase-negative staphylococci. S. lugdunensis was isolated from 17 patients in a 12-month period and was judged to be the cause of infection in 14 cases. In 13 cases, the patient had a soft-tissue abscess, and in 9 of these, the abscess was located in the pelvic girdle region, which suggests that this may be the natural habitat of S. lugdunensis.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Abscess, microbiology, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Human, Male, Middle Age, Pelvis, microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections, microbiology, Staphylococcus |
| ISI | 176841300031 |
| Date Deposited | 03 Jun 2013 11:55 |