Staphylococcus lugdunensisgluteal abscess in a patientwith end stage renal disease on hemodialysis

A 57-year-old end stage renal disease patient on hemodialysis (HD) presented with sepsis secondary to right buttock abscess and overly-ing cellulitis. She was started on broad-spec-trum antibiotic therapy and underwent inci-sion and drainage with marked improvement. Her cultures grew methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis. This bacterium is more virulent than other coagulase negative staphylococci and has been implicated in caus-ing a variety of serious infections but it has been underreported as a cause of skin infec-tions in HD patients and possible other patient populations