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Staphylococcus lugdunensis: antimicrobial susceptibility and optimal treatment options
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Department of Bacteria, Parasites and Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Örebro University, School of Medical Sciences. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Microbiology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5939-2932
2019 (English)In: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, ISSN 0934-9723, E-ISSN 1435-4373, Vol. 38, no 8, p. 1449-1455Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus (CoNS) with unusual pathogenicity resembling that of S. aureus. Unlike other CoNS, S. lugdunensis remains susceptible to most antibiotics. The resistance to penicillin varies widely (range, 15-87% worldwide), whereas methicillin resistance is still rare. We aimed to evaluate treatment options for infections caused by S. lugdunensis and more specifically to investigate whether penicillin G could be a better treatment choice than oxacillin. Susceptibility testing was performed using the disc diffusion method for penicillin G, cefoxitin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, erythromycin, clindamycin, gentamicin, norfloxacin, fusidic acid, rifampicin, and fosfomycin. Isolates susceptible to penicillin G were further tested with a gradient test for penicillin G and oxacillin. Of the 540 clinical isolates tested, 74.6% were susceptible to penicillin G. Among these penicillin-susceptible isolates, the MIC50 and MIC90 values for penicillin G were threefold lower than that for oxacillin. A majority of the isolates were susceptible to all other antibiotics tested. Breakpoints for fosfomycin have not yet been defined, and so no conclusions could be drawn. Two isolates were resistant to cefoxitin and carried the mecA gene; whole-genome sequencing revealed that both harbored the SCCmec element type IVa(2B). S. lugdunensis isolated in Sweden were susceptible to most tested antibiotics. Penicillin G may be a more optimal treatment choice than oxacillin. Although carriage of the mecA gene is rare among S. lugdunensis, it does occur.

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Springer, 2019. Vol. 38, no 8, p. 1449-1455
Keywords [en]
Staphylococcus lugdunensis, Antibiotic susceptibility testing, Penicillin G, Oxacillin
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Infectious Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-75715DOI: 10.1007/s10096-019-03571-6ISI: 000476492200008PubMedID: 31144243Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85066805371OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-75715DiVA, id: diva2:1342605
Available from: 2019-08-14 Created: 2019-08-14 Last updated: 2019-08-14Bibliographically approved

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