Atypical Colony Morphology of <i>Staphylococcus lugdunensis</i> Isolated from a Wound Specimen
EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, sa.1, ss.36-37, 2010 (ESCI, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.5152/eajm.2010.10
- Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.36-37
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The incidence of infections due to coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) has been steadily increasing in recent years. In this report, we describe an isolate of the CoNS Staphylococcus lugdunensis from a wound specimen with a colony morphology distinct from that of a classical S. lugdunensis colony. Specifically, wrinkled, medium-sized, beta hemolytic, opaque, rough white colonies were detected on blood agar. Catalase-positive, coagulase-negative, gram-positive cocci-yielding such colonies should be suspected of being S. lugdunensis.