Implantable defibrillator pocket infection and bacteremia caused by Nocardia nova complex isolate.
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.
Boell
Keith
K
Divisions of Medicine. Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 17822, USA.
Gotoff
Robert
R
Foltzer
Michael
M
Storm
Randle
R
Bourbeau
Paul P
PP
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents