Staphylococcus lugdunensis cultured from the amniotic fluid at caesarean section

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dc.contributor.authorMarchocki, Zbigniew
dc.contributor.authorCollins, J. Kevin
dc.contributor.authorLehane, Eimear
dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly, Paddy
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Keelin
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-17T11:46:20Z
dc.date.available2016-02-17T11:46:20Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractStaphylococcus lugdunensis is a virulent coagulase-negative staphylococcus. It behaves like and can be mistaken in culture for Staphylococcus aureus. While originally thought to be a skin commensal rarely responsible for opportunistic infection, it was rapidly established as a significant human pathogen. It has been mainly associated with native and prosthetic valve endocarditis, osteomyelitis, and skin and soft tissue cellulitis, but has also been reported as a cause of fasciitis as well as peritonitis. Staphylococcus lugdunensis has been reported as a cause of endometritis but has not been previously isolated from amniotic fluid. Here, amniotic fluid samples were collected in the course of a larger study on amniotic fluid bacteriology, with prior ethical approval and informed patient consent. Amniotic fluid was obtained at Caesarean Section by direct needle aspiration from the intact amnion. Analysis with Staphylococcal API test kits led to identification of Staphylococcus lugdunensis in two cases. The clinical significance of the finding in these reported cases is undetermined. Staphylococcus lugdunensis has been shown to be a cause of serious and potentially fatal morbidities, but this is the first report of its culture from amniotic fluid. As caesarean delivery is accepted as the single most important factor associated with post-partum infectious complications in both mother and neonate, the identification of this pathogen is a new concern.en
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dc.identifier.articleide56373
dc.identifier.citationMarchocki Z, Collins K, Lehane E, Reilly PO, O'Donoghue K (2013) Staphylococcus lugdunensis Cultured from the Amniotic Fluid at Caesarean Section. PLoS ONE 8(2): e56373. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056373en
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0056373
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePLOS ONEen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/2393
dc.identifier.volume8en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen
dc.rights© 2013 Marchocki et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are crediteden
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectStaphylococcus lugdunensisen
dc.subjectAmniotic fluiden
dc.subjectCesarean sectionen
dc.subjectBacterial colonizationen
dc.subjectBacterium cultureen
dc.subjectBacterium identificationen
dc.subjectColony forming uniten
dc.subjectFine needle aspiration biopsyen
dc.subjectFatalityen
dc.titleStaphylococcus lugdunensis cultured from the amniotic fluid at caesarean sectionen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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