NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListCureusv.12(6);2020JunPMC7325404Cureus.2020Jun;12(6):e8801.Publishedonline2020Jun24.doi: 10.7759/cureus.8801PMCID:PMC7325404PMID:32617242Staphylococcuslugdunensis:ReviewofEpidemiology,Complications,andTreatmentMonitoringEditor:AlexanderMuacevicandJohnRAdlerShridharParthasarathy,1ShreyShah,1AvinaashRajaSager,2AnvithaRangan,2andSatyaDurugu3ShridharParthasarathy1Biology,TheCollegeofNewJersey,Ewing,USAFindarticlesbyShridharParthasarathyShreyShah1Biology,TheCollegeofNewJersey,Ewing,USAFindarticlesbyShreyShahAvinaashRajaSager2InternalMedicine,JawaharlalNehruMedicalCollege,Belgaum,INDFindarticlesbyAvinaashRajaSagerAnvithaRangan2InternalMedicine,JawaharlalNehruMedicalCollege,Belgaum,INDFindarticlesbyAnvithaRanganSatyaDurugu3InternalMedicine,UniversityofLouisville,Louisville,USAFindarticlesbySatyaDuruguAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1Biology,TheCollegeofNewJersey,Ewing,USA2InternalMedicine,JawaharlalNehruMedicalCollege,Belgaum,IND3InternalMedicine,UniversityofLouisville,Louisville,USACorrespondingauthor.ShridharParthasarathymoc.liamg@htrapdirhsReceived2020Jun8;Accepted2020Jun24.Copyright©2020,Parthasarathyetal.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalauthorandsourcearecredited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Staphylococcuslugdunensisisaspeciesofcoagulase-negativestaphylococci(CNS)thatinducesavarietyofinfectiousdiseases,includingskinandsofttissueinfection(SSTI),infectiveendocarditis(IE),andboneandPJI.ThisreviewarticleunderscorestheimportantpointsintheliteratureaboutS.lugdunensisinfections,includingitsepidemiology,diagnosis,andtreatment,aswellasspecifictypesofinfectionsitcancause.Anatomicalandage-relateddistributionsofS.lugdunensisSSTIshavebeennoted