May Staphylococcus lugdunensis Be an Etiological Factor of Chronic Maxillary Sinuses Infection?

ABSTRACT: Staphylococcus lugdunensis is an opportunistic pathogen found in the healthy human skin microbiome bacterial community that is able to cause infections of diverse localization, manifestation, and course, including laryngological infections, such as necrotizing sinusitis. Chronic maxillary sinusitis is a disease present in up to one third of European and American populations, and its etiology is not fully described. Within this study, we aimed to characterize 18 S. lugdunensis strains recovered from maxillary sinuses and evaluate them as etiological agents of chronic disease. We performed MLST analysis, the complex analysis of both phenotypic and genetic virulence factors, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and biofilm formation assay for the detection of biofilm-associated genes. Altogeth

SUBMITTER: Kosecka-Strojek M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9224237 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature