epidermidis groups. Regarding antibiotic susceptibility, the S. lugdunensis strains were susceptible to antibiotics and 61% of the patients could be treated ...

Treatment with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (5 mg/kg p.o. every 6 h) was performed during 12 weeks with a good response. There was also a ...

Cefazolin and rifampin therapy in a hospitalized patient with bacteremia and aortic valve endocarditis caused by S. lugdunensis resulted in ...

S. lugdunensis is usually susceptible to gentamicin, rifampicin, vancomycin and erythromycin [23], and < 10% of isolates are resistant to ...

Empiric treatment with a β-lactam agent should be appropriate. For patients with penicillin allergies, vancomycin is an alternative. Source control with ...

lugdunensis is known to have a conserved susceptibility to most antibiotics [5, 12, 20]. Recent research has suggested penicillin to be the preferred treatment ...

We suggest S. lugdunensis spinal osteomyelitis with hardware involvement be treated similarly to S. aureus, with 6–8 weeks of intravenous antibiotics combined ...

Our results indicate that penicillin is a better option than oxacillin for treating S. lugdunensis infections. A review of the literature ...

The microbiology, clinical features, and treatment of S. lugdunensis infections will be reviewed here. Other issues related to coagulase- ...