Extremely late pacemaker-infective endocarditis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
This case report describes a patient with an intravascular infection of a pacemaker system with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, which occurred 17 years after the implantation. The patient was treated with appropriate antibiotics and debridement of the infectious tissue in the pocket, and the entire pacemaker system was removed by open heart surgery. She was discharged from our center after a 6-week course of antibiotics and implantation of a new pacemaker.
Takigawa
Masateru
M
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan. tama@hsp.ncvc.go.jp
Noda
Takashi
T
Kurita
Takashi
T
Okamura
Hideo
H
Suyama
Kazuhiro
K
Shimizu
Wataru
W
Aihara
Naohiko
N
Nakajima
Hiroyuki
H
Kobayashi
Junjiro
J
Kamakura
Shiro
S
D000368:Aged; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000382:microbiology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; D014463:Ultrasonography