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1. Chest Pain and Shortness of Breath in a Previously Healthy Teenager.

Author

Chaparro J, Murphy E, Davis C, Viani RM, and Pong A

Subjects
Abscess diagnostic imaging, Adolescent, Allografts transplantation, Aortic Rupture diagnosis, Aortic Rupture etiology, Aortic Valve diagnostic imaging, Aortic Valve Insufficiency diagnostic imaging, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease, Cardiac Surgical Procedures methods, Chest Pain, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Dyspnea, Endocarditis complications, Gentamicins therapeutic use, Heart Murmurs diagnosis, Heart Valve Diseases diagnostic imaging, Humans, Male, Nafcillin therapeutic use, Pericardial Effusion diagnostic imaging, Rifampin therapeutic use, Staphylococcal Infections blood, Vancomycin therapeutic use, Vascular Grafting, Abscess drug therapy, Abscess surgery, Aorta microbiology, Aorta surgery, Aortic Rupture surgery, Aortic Valve abnormalities, Aortic Valve microbiology, Aortic Valve transplantation, Endocarditis diagnosis, Endocarditis drug therapy, Endocarditis surgery, Heart Valve Diseases complications, Staphylococcal Infections diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy, Staphylococcal Infections surgery, Staphylococcus lugdunensis pathogenicity
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2015
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2. Unusually virulent coagulase-negative Staphylococcus lugdunensis is frequently associated with infective endocarditis: a Waikato series of patients.

Author

Liang M, Mansell C, Wade C, Fisher R, and Devlin G

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Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Coagulase, Endocarditis drug therapy, Endocarditis, Bacterial drug therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, New Zealand, Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy, Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolation & purification, Virulence, Bacteremia microbiology, Cross Infection drug therapy, Endocarditis microbiology, Endocarditis, Bacterial microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections microbiology, Staphylococcus lugdunensis pathogenicity
Abstract

Background: Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a species of coagulase-negative staphylococci is associated with a wide variety of infections ranging from mild skin and soft tissue infections to serious infections which include brain abscess, chronic osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis. The aim of this study was to review cases of S. lugdunensis bacteraemia isolated from a New Zealand tertiary institution and describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the patients., Methods: All blood cultures reported positive for S. lugdunensis from the Microbiology Laboratory, Waikato Hospital, New Zealand between March 2006 to April 2011 were reviewed., Results: A total of 11 cases of S. lugdunensis bacteraemia were identified during the 5-year period. Three (27%) cases were due to infective endocarditis with one delayed diagnosis due to the failure of recognize the coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Transthoracic or transoesophageal echocardiography was performed in 6 (55%) of the patients. One patient with endocarditis required early surgery and the other two were managed successfully with intravenous antibiotics. There was no in hospital mortality in the patients with endocarditis. The remaining 8 cases included 1 (9%) necrotizing fasciitis, 1 (9%) immunocompromised nosocomial multiple organism sepsis, 1 (9%) deep tissue infection requiring 6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics, 2 (18.5%) superficial skin infection, 1 (9%) nosocomial post-pacemaker insertion infection and 2 (18.5%) had fever of unknown origin. All isolates were sensitive to Flucloxacillin and Vancomycin. Overall the survival rate of the acute presentation and treatment was 91% (10/11)., Conclusion: Three of our 11 patients (27%) with S. lugdunensis bacteraemia were diagnosed with infective endocarditis. Evaluation for endocarditis is therefore advised in patients who have positive blood culture for this organism.

Published
2012

3. Hepatorenal syndrome precipitated by infective endocarditis.

Author

Patel PA, Lowe E, Baig W, and Sandoe J

Subjects
Aged, Contraindications, Daptomycin administration & dosage, Daptomycin adverse effects, Disease Progression, Drug Substitution, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Fatal Outcome, Fluid Therapy, Hepatic Encephalopathy etiology, Hepatic Encephalopathy physiopathology, Hepatic Encephalopathy therapy, Humans, Kidney Function Tests, Liver Transplantation, Male, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Rifampin administration & dosage, Rifampin adverse effects, Staphylococcal Infections complications, Staphylococcal Infections diagnosis, Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy, Staphylococcus lugdunensis drug effects, Staphylococcus lugdunensis pathogenicity, Vancomycin administration & dosage, Vancomycin adverse effects, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Anti-Bacterial Agents adverse effects, Endocarditis complications, Endocarditis diagnosis, Endocarditis drug therapy, Endocarditis microbiology, Hepatorenal Syndrome etiology, Hepatorenal Syndrome physiopathology, Hepatorenal Syndrome therapy, Staphylococcal Infections microbiology, Staphylococcus lugdunensis isolation & purification
Published
2011
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