| unusually virulent coagulase-negative staphylococcus lugdunensis is frequently associated with infective endocarditis: a waikato series of patients. | staphylococcus lugdunensis, a species of coagulase-negative staphylococci is associated with a wide variety of infections ranging from mild skin and soft tissue infections to serious infections which include brain abscess, chronic osteomyelitis and infective endocarditis. the aim of this study was to review cases of s. lugdunensis bacteraemia isolated from a new zealand tertiary institution and describe the clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment of the patients. | 2012 | 22595924 |