Staphylococcus lugdunensis: novel organism causing cochlear implant infection | Zendy

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Staphylococcus lugdunensis: novel organism causing cochlear implant infection

Author(s) -

Samina Bhumbra,

Mona Mahboubi,

R. Alexander Blackwood

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

infectious disease reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.487

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 2036-7449

DOI - 10.4081/idr.2014.5406

Subject(s) - staphylococcus lugdunensis , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcus , coagulase , pseudomonas aeruginosa , staphylococcal infections , implant , microbiology and biotechnology , cochlear implant , organism , surgery , bacteria , biology , audiology , paleontology , genetics

A majority of cochlear implant infections are caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reported here is a pediatric patient with a cochlear implant infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus that has only recently been determined to be clinically relevant (1988). Unlike other coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, it is more aggressive, carrying a greater potential for tissue destruction. In pediatrics, the organism is uncommon, poorly described, and generally pan-susceptible. Described herein is the presentation and management of this unusual organism in a pediatric setting

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