| case report of staphylococcus lugdunensis native valve endocarditis and review of the literature. | coagulase-negative staphylococci, commonly staphylococcus epidermidis, cause 5% of native valve endocarditis. we describe a case due to staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative staphylococcus identified in 1988, as a first report in southeast asia. it was previously misidentified as s. aureus because it is sometimes slide coagulase positive, but always tube coagulase negative, resulting in its delayed recognition as a pathogen. we also reviewed 36 other cases reported in the english lite ... | 2000 | 11126708 |