Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis with isolated tricuspid valve involvement
Kuei-Pin Chung, Hou-Tai Chang, Chun-Hsing Liao, Fang-Yeh Chu, Po-Ren Hsueh
Received: July 24, 2010
Revised: October 11, 2010
Accepted: November 16, 2010
Corresponding author:
Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7,
Background and purpose:
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is often misidentified as S aureus and as a rare cause of infective endocarditis. The clinical course of S lugdunensis endocarditis is aggressive and the mortality
Key words:
Endocarditis; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Tricuspid valve
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