Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a 22-Year-Old Woman

Byline: M. Wachtler (1), D. Eichenlaub (1), E. Strobel (2), Ute Koch (3), W. Doering (3), M. Overbeck (4), W. Witte (5) Author Affiliation: (1) 4th Medical Dept., Academic Teaching Hospital of Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Municipal Hospital Munich-Schwabing, Kolner Platz 1, D-80804 Munich, Germany Phone: (+49/89) 3068-2617, Fax: -3834, e-mail: martin.waechtler@multimedica.de, DE (2) Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hospital Hygiene, Municipal Hospital Munich-Schwabing, D-80804 Munich, Germany, DE (3) 2nd Medical Dept., Municipal Hospital Munich-Schwabing, D-80804 Munich, Germany, DE (4) German Cardiac Center Munich, Clinic for Cardiac and Vessel Surgery, D-80636 Munich, DE (5) National Reference Center for Staphylococci, Robert Koch Institute, D-38843 Wernigerode, Germany, DE Article note: Received: August 7, 2000 * Revision accepted: April 29, 2002