| Literature DB >> 1960226 |
K F Barker1, J C O'Driscoll, A Bhargava.
Abstract
A fatal case of penicillin resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis on a native valve damaged by rheumatic fever is described. A retrospective examination of 978 tube coagulase negative staphylococcal blood culture isolates was also performed to determine how often this species is isolated. None of the 978 isolates was identified as S lugdunensis. It is concluded that ornithine decarboxylase production is the only reliable method of identifying this species.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1960226 PMCID: PMC496681 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.44.10.873
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411