Most commonly a skin contaminant/colonizer
This may be a real pathogen particularly in nosocomial setting, especially since CoNS can cause biofilms
It is a major cause of all foreign body infections
Important disease manifestations include infections of prosthetic materials including:
Staphylococcus lugdenensis acts more like S. aureus and is more virulent than other CoNS - should be respected as a pathogen
Staphylococcus saphrophyticus causes UTI in young, sexually active females
