Staphylococcus lugdunensis: a neglected pathogen of infections involving fracture-fixation devices.

S. lugdunensis is probably involved in more infections than has been reported. Using appropriate microbiological methods laboratories should routinely identify the species of all coagulase-negative Staphylococci isolates involved in fracture-fixation device infection to better achieve the treatment strategies of fracture-fixation device infection involving S. lugdunensis.