Staphylococcus lugdunensis: an important cause of endocarditis

Abstract
Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis was diagnosed in a 55-year-old woman maintained on chronic haemodialysis. S. lugdunensis was isolated from blood and a Gore-Tex graft fistula at admission, and vegetations with Gram-positive cocci were found on the mitral cusps at autopsy.