Right-sided endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot

Bradford Becken; Jacob Kilgore; Elizabeth Thompson; M. Anthony Moody

doi:10.4081/idr.2019.7872

Right-sided endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot

Bradford Becken, Jacob Kilgore, Elizabeth Thompson, M. Anthony Moody

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Abstract

Infective endocarditis is often caused by bacterial pathogens and can affect native and prosthetic tissue. Common pathogens in pediatric patients include Staphylococcus aureus, viridans group streptococci, enterococcal species and coagulase-negative staphylococci, though culture-negative cases are not uncommon. Coagulase-negative staphylococci present a conundrum to clinicians due to the potential of culture contamination. While Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus, it is an emerging cardiotropic pathogen that presents similarly to Staphylococcus aureus. Here we report a case of a child with repaired tetralogy of Fallot found to have right-sided infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lug-dunensis.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7872
Journal	Infectious Disease Reports
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7872
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Coagulase negative staphylococcus
Endocarditis
Pediatric
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
Tetralogy of Fallot

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Infectious Diseases

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Right-sided endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot

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