Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a member of the coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS). It belongs to the normal human skin flora, colonizing ...ThisarticleispartoftheResearchTopicNaturalGeneticDiversityinBacterial-HostInteractionsViewall9ArticlesArticlesDennisC.KoDukeUniversity,UnitedStatesTimothyJ.FosterTrinityCollegeDublin,IrelandMuzaffarHussainInstituteofMedicalMicrobiology,UniversityHospitalMünster,GermanyTheeditorandreviewers'affiliationsarethelatestprovidedontheirLoopresearchprofilesandmaynotreflecttheirsituationatthetimeofreview.AbstractIntroductionMaterialsandMethodsResultsDiscussionConclusionDataAvailabilityAuthorContributionsFundingConflictofInterestStatementAcknowledgmentsSupplementaryMaterialFootnotesReferencesSuggestaResearchTopic>DownloadArticleDownloadPDFReadCubeEPUBXML(NLM)SupplementaryMaterialExportcitationEndNoteReferenceManagerSimpleTEXTfileBibTextotalviewsViewArticleImpactSuggestaResearchTopic>SHAREONOpenSupplementalDataORIGINALRESEARCHarticleFront.Microbiol.,17May2019|https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01109fbl-TypingofStaphylococcuslugdunensis:AFrontlineToolforEpidemiologicalStudies,butNotPredictiveofFibrinogenBindingAbilitySandrineDahyot1*†,JérémieLebeurre2†,FlorianeLaumay3,XavierArgemi4,5,CharlineDubos1,LudovicLemée1,GillesPrévost4,PatriceFrançois3andMartinePestel-Caron11UNIROUEN,GRAMEA2656,RouenUniversityHospital,NormandieUniversité,Rouen,France2UNIROUEN,GRAMEA2656,NormandieUniversité,Rouen,France3GenomicResearchLaboratory,ServiceofInfectiousDiseases,UniversityofGenevaHospitals,Geneva,Switzerland4VBPEA7290,FédérationdeMédecineTranslationnelledeStrasbourg,InstitutdeBactériologie,CentreHospitalierRégionalUniversitaire,UniversitédeStrasbourg,Strasbourg,France5MaladiesInfectieusesetTropicales,HôpitauxUniversitairesdeStrasbourg,Strasbourg,FranceStaphylococcuslugdunensisisincreasinglyrecognizedasapotentpathogen,responsibleforsevereinfectionswithanoutcomeresemblingthatofStaphylococcusaureus.Here,wedevelopedandevaluatedatoolforS.lugdunensistyping,us