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Hagiya, Hideharu
Matsumoto, Mitsuaki
Yamasawa, Takahiko
Haruki, Yuto
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Abstract | A 79-year-old man who had undergone a right femoropopliteal (FP) bypass operation 6 weeks previously was diagnosed with vascular graft infection caused by Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Another FP bypass operation was performed, with long-term administration of antibiotics, and the patient eventually recovered well without any recurrences for over 2 years. Although S. lugdunens is classified as coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, its pathogenicity has been reported to be equal to that of S. aureus. Based on the literature review, the organism characteristically colonizes the inguinal area of human skin;thus, operations such as FP bypass grafting may place patients at a relatively high risk for infection by S. lugdunensis, a potentially high-pathogenicity organism.
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Keywords | coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS)
femoropopliteal (FP) bypass
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy
vascular graft infection (VGI)
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Amo Type | Case Report
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Publication Title |
Acta Medica Okayama
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Published Date | 2014-06
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Volume | volume68
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Issue | issue3
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Publisher | Okayama University Medical School
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Start Page | 171
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End Page | 175
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ISSN | 0386-300X
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NCID | AA00508441
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Journal Article
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English
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Copyright Holders | CopyrightⒸ 2014 by Okayama University Medical School
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File Version | publisher
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True
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