Staphylococcus lugdunensis as Cause of Septic Pericarditis.

() is a coagulase-negative gram-positive bacterium, considered part of skin flora, which can simultaneously cause human diseases. has been reported in the literature as one of the causative agents for infective endocarditis.1 Although one of the coagulasenegative staphylococci, shares many virulent characteristics with (), including biofilm formation. It has been associated with various foreign body-related infections such as prosthetic joint infections,2 in addition to bacteremia, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, central nervous system, urinary tract infections, peritonitis, infective endocarditis and others. Given the association with severe and aggressive infections, it is important to treat as true infection rather than a contaminant, particularly in a suspect clinical context.3-6 Currently, there are no reported cases in the literature on pericarditis secondary to . We present a case of a 69-year-old woman with pericarditis, sepsis and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) due to .