Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Lead-related Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) that constitutes normal skin flora and is often read as a contaminant when isolated in blood cultures.In recent years S.lugdunensis has been increasingly recognized as a true pathogen causing a spectrum of infections from benign skin and soft tissue infections to bacteremia, b