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Multicenter Study of the Clinical Presentation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis Bacteremia in Japan
- 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.
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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.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
030106 microbiology
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Staphylococcal infections
medicine.disease_cause
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Endocarditis
Blood culture
030212 general & internal medicine
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
General Medicine
bacterial infections and mycoses
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Infectious Diseases
Bacteremia
Infective endocarditis
business
Staphylococcus
Subjects
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