%0 Journal Article
%T Right-sided endocarditis from Staphylococcus lugdunensis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot
%A Bradford III Becken
%A Elizabeth Thompson
%A Jacob Kilgore
%A M. Anthony Moody
%J -
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7872
%X Infective endocarditis is often caused by bacterial pathogens and can affect native and prosthetic tissue. Common pathogens in pediatric patients include Staphylococcus aureus, viridans group streptococci, enterococcal species and coagulase-negative staphylococci, though culture-negative cases are not uncommon. Coagulase-negative staphylococci present a conundrum to clinicians due to the potential of culture contamination. While Staphylococcus lugdunensis is a coagulase-negative staphylococcus, it is an emerging cardiotropic pathogen that presents similarly to Staphylococcus aureus. Here we report a case of a child with repaired tetralogy of Fallot found to have right-sided infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis
%K Staphylococcus lugdunensis
%K coagulase negative staphylococcus
%K endocarditis
%K pediatric
%K tetralogy of Fallot
%U https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/idr/article/view/7872