Pacemaker related infective endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis: a case report.

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Department of Emergency Medicine, Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, Wyandotte, MI 48192, USA ; College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lasting, MI 48824, USA ; College of Osteopathic Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA.

Published: May 2014

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a common skin flora not typically associated with infection. There are, however, several cases reported in the literature of Staphylococcus lugdunensis as a causative bacterium of various infections. This paper reports an additional case of pacemaker associated endocarditis with Staphylococcus lugdunensis as the causative bacterium.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010044PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/180401DOI Listing

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