Staphylococcus lugdunensis Pacemaker-related Infection
oleh: Harald Seifert, Dirk Oltmanns, Karsten Becker, Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Christof von Eiff
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2005-08-01 |
Deskripsi
We report the first known case of a device-related bloodstream infection involving Staphylococcus lugdunensis small-colony variants. Recurrent pacemaker-related bloodstream infection within a period of 10 months illustrates the poor clinical and microbiologic response even to prolonged antimicrobial drug therapy in a patient infected with this staphylococcal subpopulation.