Back to Search Start Over

Multicenter Study of the Clinical Presentation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis Bacteremia in Japan

Authors :
Kazuhisa Mezaki
Yusuke Ainoda
Hanako Kurai
Muneyoshi Kimura
Ryota Hase
Masahiro Abe
Takahiro Mikawa
Hideki Araoka
Naoto Hosokawa
Ichiro Kawamura
Nozomi Takeshita
Kyoichi Totsuka
Takahiro Fujita
Noritaka Sekiya
Norio Ohmagari
Source :
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases. 70:405-407
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Editorial Committee of Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Infectious Dis, 2017.

Abstract

Staphylococcus lugdunensis (SL) is a bacterium with a highly pathogenicity than most other coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. (CoNS). In Japan, data on this pathogen are sparse, and the current prevalence of SL bacteremia is unknown. Therefore, we investigated the prevalence of SL in blood culture specimens in a prospective multicenter study across 5 facilities. A total of 3,284 patients had positive blood cultures, and 2,478 patients had bacteremia. Among the patients with bacteremia, 7 patients (0.28%) had SL bacteremia. A total of 281 patients had CoNS bacteremia, with SL accounting for 2.49% of these cases. Of the 7 patients with SL bacteremia, 1 patient (14.3%) had infective endocarditis, and 1 patient (14.3%) died within 30 days. In this study, SL resulted in the development of bacteremia in select patients. Clinicians in Japan should be aware of the prevalence of SL and the complications of SL bacteremia.

Details

ISSN :
18842836 and 13446304
Volume :
70
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........8ac3096743d2f4ee06f79a211dc287da
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.7883/yoken.jjid.2016.130