%0 Journal Article
%T Staphylococcus lugdunensis: novel organism causing cochlear implant infection
%A Mona Mahboubi
%A R. Alexander Blackwood
%A Samina Bhumbra
%J -
%D 2014
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2014.5406
%X A majority of cochlear implant infections are caused by Staphylococcus aureus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Reported here is a pediatric patient with a cochlear implant infection caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis, a coagulase-negative Staphylococcus that has only recently been determined to be clinically relevant (1988). Unlike other coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, it is more aggressive, carrying a greater potential for tissue destruction. In pediatrics, the organism is uncommon, poorly described, and generally pan-susceptible. Described herein is the presentation and management of this unusual organism in a pediatric setting
%K Staphylococcus lugdunensis
%K cochlear implant
%K coagulase negative staphylococcus
%U https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/5406