title: Extremely late pacemaker-infective endocarditis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
abstract: 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.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan. tama@hsp.ncvc.go.jp
authors: Masateru
authors: M
authors: Takigawa
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Noda
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kurita
authors: Hideo
authors: H
authors: Okamura
authors: Kazuhiro
authors: K
authors: Suyama
authors: Wataru
authors: W
authors: Shimizu
authors: Naohiko
authors: N
authors: Aihara
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Nakajima
authors: Junjiro
authors: J
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Shiro
authors: S
authors: Kamakura
mesh_terms: 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