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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Staphylococcus lugdunensis: A wolf in sheep’s clothing? Review of the case reports from the last decade

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Nikolaos Giormezis 1, * and Venetia Bellou 2

1 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
2 Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
 
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(02), 1830-1839
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1641
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1641
 
Received on 18 April 2024; revised on 25 May 2024; accepted on 28 May 2024
 
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus which can be isolated as part of the normal skin flora in humans. However, it has also been identified as a significant pathogen encoding a diverse array of virulence factors for adhesion, cytotoxicity and innate immune evasion. Infections from this pathogen include endocarditis with significant valve damage and abscess formation, skin and soft tissue infections, endophthalmitis and prosthetic joint infections. In this review article, all the case reports implicating this opportunistic pathogen during the last 10 years (2013-2023) are summarized. In the past decade, S. lugdunensis has been associated with skin and soft tissue infections, cases of endocarditis, orthopedic and ocular infections in adults and children. Given the pathogenic potential and wide spectrum of clinical disease associated with S. lugdunensis, this opportunistic pathogen should not be disregarded as a contaminant.
 
Staphylococcus lugdunensis; Endocarditis; Endopthalmitis; Infections; Pathogen
 
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Nikolaos Giormezis and Venetia Bellou. Staphylococcus lugdunensis: A wolf in sheep’s clothing? Review of the case reports from the last decade. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 22(2), 1830-1839. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.22.2.1641

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