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Recurrent Staphylococcus lugdunensis central nervous system infection associated with a ventricular peritoneal shunt |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Applied Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, P.M.B 053, Ebonyi State, Nigeria;2. Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran;3. Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran;4. Department of Environmental Health Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and Technology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus, Anambra State, Nigeria;5. Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, P.M.B 5025, Anambra State, Nigeria;6. Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Nigeria |
| Abstract: | A case of recurrent Staphylococcus lugdunensis central nervous system (CNS) infection associated with a ventricular peritoneal (VP) shunt is reported. A total of five S. lugdunensis isolates were isolated from the patient (four from ventricular fluid and one from a VP catheter tip). All five isolates share an indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile. A full range of conventional biochemical tests and 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequence analyses were performed to confirm identification of the organism. This is the first report of S. lugdunensis in catheter-related VP fluid infection. The isolate was capable of colonizing the CNS and was difficult to treat. |
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