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. 2023 May 1;23:269. doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08233-9

Table 4.

Details of patients with Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia who had died within seven days

Sex, age (years) Acquisition Underling disease(s) Devices Methicillin susceptibility Portal entry Persistent bacteremia Detail of Metastatic infections Source control a Antibiotics therapy (days) Days to die from blood culture collection
Male, 63 Health care- associated Hemodialysis, hepatocellular carcinoma, No Susceptible Unknown Follow-up blood culture was not done

Lung abscess (suspicion of septic emboli),

TTE was not done

Not done Tazobactam/piperacillin (3) and vancomycin (1) Three days
Female, 87 Health care- associated Hemodialysis, diabetes, cAVB Peripheral vein catheter Susceptible Unknown Follow-up blood culture was not done Not investigated, TTE was not done Not done Tazobactam/piperacillin (5), meropenem (1) and vancomycin (3) Six days

Abbreviations: TTE Transthoracic echocardiography, cAVB Complete atrioventricular block

aSource control (Days to source control from blood culture collection)