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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1998, p. 812-813, Vol. 36, No. 3
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Staphylococcus lugdunensis: Report of a Case of Peritonitis and an Easy-To-Perform Screening Strategy

Norbert Schnitzler,1 Rainer Meilicke,1 Georg Conrads,1 Darius Frank,2 and Gerhard Haase1,*

Institute of Medical Microbiology and National Reference Center for Streptococci,1 and Department of Internal Medicine II,2 University Hospital RWTH Aachen, D-52057 Aachen, Germany

Received 3 September 1997/Returned for modification 17 November 1997/Accepted 8 December 1997

We report on a severe case of peritonitis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis. The clinical course resembled an infection due to S. aureus more than one due to other coagulase-negative staphylococci. Therefore, we strongly recommend identification and propose an easy-to-perform procedure for screening of this pathogen.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Medical Microbiology and National Reference Center for Streptococci, University Hospital Aachen, D-52057 Aachen, Germany. Phone: 49 241 8089515. Fax: 49 241 8888-483. E-mail: haase{at}alpha.imib.rwth-aachen.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1998, p. 812-813, Vol. 36, No. 3
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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