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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2002, p. 1824-1825, Vol. 40, No. 5
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1824-1825.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a Patient with Meningitis

N. Kaabia,1 D. Scauarda,2 G. Lena,2 and M. Drancourt1*

Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique IFR 48,1 Service de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France2

Received 8 November 2001/ Returned for modification 29 January 2002/ Accepted 13 February 2002

A 12-year-old child developed meningitis 6 days after a third ventriculostomy by endoscopy. A coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sp. was isolated in pure culture from the cerebrospinal fluid and was definitely identified as Staphylococcus lugdunensis after the 16S ribosomal DNA gene and rpoB gene were sequenced. This report describes the first case of S. lugdunensis meningitis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France. Phone: 33 (0) 4 91 32 43 75. Fax: 33 (0) 4 91 83 03 90. E-mail: Michel.Drancourt{at}medecine.univ-mrs.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2002, p. 1824-1825, Vol. 40, No. 5
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1824-1825.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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