TY - JOUR AU - Seifert, Harald AU - Oltmanns, Dirk AU - Becker, Karsten AU - Wisplinghoff, Hilmar AU - von Eiff, Christof T1 - Staphylococcus lugdunensis Pacemaker-related Infection T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 8 SP - 1283 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report the first known case of a device-related bloodstream infection involving Staphylococcus lugdunensis small-colony variants. Recurrent pacemaker-related bloodstream infection within a period of 10 months illustrates the poor clinical and microbiologic response even to prolonged antimicrobial drug therapy in a patient infected with this staphylococcal subpopulation. KW - Keywords: Staphylococcus lugdunensis KW - Small colony variants KW - Pacemakerrelated infection KW - Colony variation KW - Device-related infection KW - Recurrent infection KW - Persistence KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1108.041177 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/8/04-1177_article ER - End of Reference