Pacemaker infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum.
Pacemaker infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum has not been reported previously. We describe a case of pacemaker generator pocket infection and intravascular lead endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum. The entire pacing system was removed and the patient was treated successfully with a multidrug regimen for a total of 6 months.
Sharma
Sunita
S
Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Tleyjeh
Imad M
IM
Espinosa
Raul E
RE
Costello
Brian A
BA
Baddour
Larry M
LM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000382:microbiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents