Open AccessStaphylococcus Lugdunensis Vascular Aortic Graft infection: A report of first case
Author(s) -
Smg Kibria,
Rabeya Akhter
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bangladesh critical care journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2307-7654
pISSN - 2304-0009
DOI - 10.3329/bccj.v9i2.56161
Subject(s) - staphylococcus lugdunensis , medicine , endocarditis , staphylococcus aureus , infective endocarditis , peritonitis , vascular graft , osteomyelitis , surgery , staphylococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
Staphylococcus lugdunensis has been reported to cause a wide variety of serious infections to include infective endocarditis, peritonitis and osteomyelitis. This report describes our patient who developed aorto bifemoral graft infection with Staphylococcus lugdunensis not previously described in the literature.Bangladesh Crit Care J September 2021; 9 (2): 116-117