Comparing clinical manifestations, treatment strategies and outcomes of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteraemia versus Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia – a retrospective cohort study
Gemma Webb, Jasmine Choi, Angela Younes, Emily Schembri, Roy Chean, Stephen Guy · 2026
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Gemma Webb and co-authors compared bloodstream infections caused by two related staphylococcal bacteria in Melbourne hospitals between 2012 and 2024. One bacterium, Staphylococcus lugdunensis, is usually classed with milder skin staphylococci but can act aggressively. The other, Staphylococcus aureus, is a well-known dangerous pathogen. Their 2026 study matched 57 patients with the first infection against 66 patients with the second. They compared symptoms, treatments, complications, and survival.
The two infections looked similar in patient backgrounds. They also matched in how often they caused endocarditis, infection of the heart lining, which struck nine of 57 patients in one group and fifteen of 66 in the other. Death rates in hospital and at ninety days were also comparable. Differences did appear: lugdunensis infections more often grew alongside other bacteria and were wrongly dismissed as contamination in twelve cases. Aureus infections lasted longer and more often seeded bone and spinal infections.
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| CREATOR | Gemma Webb, Jasmine Choi, Angela Younes, Emily Schembri, Roy Chean, Stephen Guy |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |