title: Implantable defibrillator pocket infection and bacteremia caused by Nocardia nova complex isolate.
abstract: Nocardia spp. are common environmental organisms that, to our knowledge, have never been implicated as causing an implantable defibrillator or pacemaker infection. We describe a 70-year-old male with a recent implantable cardiac defibrillator revision and subsequent device infection and bacteremia caused by a Nocardia nova complex isolate.
authors: Divisions of Medicine. Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822, USA.
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Boell
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Gotoff
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Foltzer
authors: Randle
authors: R
authors: Storm
authors: Paul P
authors: PP
authors: Bourbeau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000209:etiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009615:Nocardia / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents