Multicenter study of the clinical presentation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia in Japan.

In this study, SL resulted in the development of bacteremia in select patients. Clinicians in Japan should be aware of the prevalence of SL and the complications of SL bacteremia.
PMID: 28003590 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - December 21, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ainoda Y, Takeshita N, Hase R, Mikawa T, Hosokawa N, Kawamura I, Kurai H, Abe M, Kimura M, Araoka H, Fujita T, Totsuka K, Mezaki K, Sekiya N, Ohmagari N Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research