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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3096-3098, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Colony Variation in Staphylococcus lugdunensis

Michael J. Leung,1,* Nichalas Nuttall,2,3 Todd M. Pryce,1 Geoffrey W. Coombs,1 and John W. Pearman1

Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia 6000,1 Division of Microbiology, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland 4006,2 and Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Gold Coast Hospital, Southport, Queensland 4029,3 Australia

Received 21 January 1998/Returned for modification 12 March 1998/Accepted 21 July 1998

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is being increasingly reported as a pathogen with an outcome resembling that of S. aureus rather than coagulase-negative staphylococci. Recent local isolates exhibited colonial variation that delayed identification and interpretation of clinical significance. Until now previous descriptions have not emphasized colonial variation as an important identifying characteristic of S. lugdunensis.

* Corresponding author. Present address: Department of Microbiology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children & King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, G.P.O. Box D184, Perth, WA 6001, Australia. Phone: 61-8-9340 8438. Fax: 61-8-9380 4474. E-mail: mjleung{at}cyllene.uwa.edu.au.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 1998, p. 3096-3098, Vol. 36, No. 10
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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