1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1097/ipc.0000000000000459" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1097/ipc.0000000000000459</a> Rights Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). Pages 134-146 Issue 3 Volume 25 Search for Full-text Locate full-text within NEOMED Library's e-journal collections <p>Users with a NEOMED Library login can search for full-text journal articles at the following url: <a href="https://libraryguides.neomed.edu/home">https://libraryguides.neomed.edu/home</a></p> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staphylococcus Lugdunensis: The "lyon Heart" Pathogen Report Of 5 Cases Of Endocarditis And Review Of The Adult Literature Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 2017-05 Subject The topic of the resource bacteremia; clinical-experience; Immunology; Infectious Diseases; infective endocarditis; lead endocarditis; native-valve; of-the-literature; pacemaker; prosthetic valve; pulmonary valve endocarditis; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; vasectomy Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kline J A; Byrnes T J; Myers J P Description An account of the resource Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus capable of causing infective endocarditis on native as well as prosthetic valves and implanted cardiac devices. It causes acute disease clinically indistinguishable from that caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Bacteremic infections with S. lugdunensis have a high incidence of associated infective endocarditis. Many S. lugdunensis isolates are exquisitely sensitive to penicillin G. Endocarditis caused by S. lugdunensis frequently requires surgical intervention and has a high mortality rate. Case 1: A 48-year-old woman with mitral valve prolapse, S. lugdunensis bacteremia and mitral valve endocarditis. She underwent emergent mitral valve replacement and completed treatment with intravenous nafcillin. Case 2: A 31-year-old woman with spontaneous S. lugdunensis bacteremia and tricuspid valve endocarditis. She was successfully treated medically with 6 weeks of intravenous nafcillin. Case 3: A 44-year-old man with S. lugdunensis endocarditis on congenital bicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic insufficiency. He underwent emergent aortic valve replacement and successfully completed 6 weeks of intravenous nafcillin. Case 4: A 37-year-old woman with spontaneous S. lugdunensis bacteremia and native aortic valve endocarditis. She was successfully treated medically with 6 weeks of intravenous vancomycin. Case 5: A 57-year-old woman with hemodialysis catheter-related S. lugdunensis bacteremia and native mitral valve endocarditis. She was successfully treated medically with 6 weeks of intravenous cefazolin. Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a unique coagulase-negative Staphylococcus first identified in Lyon, France, the modern name for the Roman city of Lugdunum, ergo the organism's name. Since its identification, S. lugdunensis has been described as a "Lion among coagulase-negative staphylococci" and as "a dangerous wolf in sheep's clothing" because of the tendency of clinicians to initially discount positive blood cultures with " coagulase-negative staphylococci" as probable skin contaminants and thereby delay appropriate antimicrobial therapy. We report 5 patients with S. lugdunensis endocarditis and review the adult literature for other reported cases. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1097/ipc.0000000000000459" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1097/ipc.0000000000000459</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication 2017 bacteremia Byrnes T J clinical-experience Immunology Infectious Diseases Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice infective endocarditis Journal Article or Conference Abstract Publication Kline J A lead endocarditis Myers J P native-valve of-the-literature Pacemaker prosthetic valve pulmonary valve endocarditis Staphylococcus lugdunensis Vasectomy