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Staphylococcus lugdunensis: clinical spectrum, antibiotic susceptibility, and phenotypic and genotypic patterns of 39 isolates.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2006
Hellbacher C, Törnqvist E, Söderquist B
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a member of the coagulase-negative staphylococci with the potential to cause clinically significant infections. The spectrum of infections was investigated in 39 isolates of S. lugdunensis from 38 patients. Most (73%) infections were located below the waist, while those above the waist were mainly (5/7) breast abscesses. Most isolates were susceptible to the antibiotics tested,...
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