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Case Reports
. 2019 Feb 4:7:2050313X19828249.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X19828249. eCollection 2019.

A case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia complicated by reactive arthritis

Daria Gaut  1 , Kyle Muir  1 , Antonio M Pessegueiro  1
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A case of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia complicated by reactive arthritis

Daria Gaut et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Reactive arthritis has been described infrequently in association with staphylococcal infections, both those secondary to Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci. We present a case of a 51-year-old male undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer who presented with joint pain and fevers and was found to have Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms were negative for endocarditis. Arthrocentesis from one large joint revealed culture-negative inflammatory synovitis. This case illustrates that a possible systemic manifestation of Staphylococcus lugdunensis bacteremia, in addition to the more common endocarditis, can also include reactive arthritis.

Keywords: Bacteremia; Staphylococcus lugdunensis; reactive arthritis.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
MRI of the right shoulder showing nonspecific hypertrophy of the acromioclavicular joint capsule with surrounding pericapsular and fascial edema, with no osteomyelitis, focal fluid collection, or abscess.
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