| staphylococcus lugdunensis in several niches of the normal skin flora. | staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (cns). its pathogenicity and virulence are more similar to staphylococcus aureus than to a cns. it causes severe infections with high mortality, such as endocarditis, but more often painful and prolonged skin- and soft-tissue infections. little is known of its normal habitat. whether it is an integral part of the normal skin flora like many other cns has been questioned, since it is rarely seen in blood cultures. this study was de ... | 2010 | 19519842 |