@article{ajcdr2021713,
author={{Ahmadi, Sahra and Giuseffi, Jennifer},
title={Isolated Native Pulmonic Valve Infective Endocarditis with Staphylococcus Lugdunensis},
journal={American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research},
volume={7},
number={1},
pages={10--12},
year={2021},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajcdr/7/1/3},
abstract={Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening inflammation of the endocardial surface of the heart usually caused by an infection in a patient with a pre-existing heart condition. Isolated pulmonic valve IE cases without risk factors comprise a very small entity of cases. Bacteremic speciation with a coagulase-negative staphylococci, although not as common as its coagulase positive counterpart, carries significant pathogenic potential and deserves regard.  Staphylococcus lugdunensis commonly lives on a person¡¯s skin that is typically harmless when it remains outside the body but associated with high morbidity and mortality when present in the bloodstream.  Our case describes a patient with IE of the pulmonic valve without risk factors cultured with the virulent Staphylococcus lugdunensis.},
doi={10.12691/ajcdr-7-1-3}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}