title: Scedosporium apiospermum pacemaker endocarditis.
abstract: A patient developed a fungal pacemaker infection with Scedosporium apiospermum following a series of pacemaker manipulations. Despite percutaneous removal of the pacemaker system and subsequent operative extraction of the atrial thrombus, his course was complicated by persistent sepsis, pulmonary septic emboli and bilateral frontal lobe infarction, following which treatment was withdrawn.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Foo
authors.forename: Sze-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Ooi
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giles
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000382:microbiology*; D021681:Scedosporium