title: Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator pocket infection due to Providencia rettgeri: a case report.
abstract: Coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus are the commonest pathogens involved in infections of pacemaker-defibrillator systems. Among causative Gram-negative bacteria, infections due to Klebsiella, Serratia, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter and other species have been reported. We report herein a unique case of an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection due to Providencia rettgeri in a 65-year-old male who was admitted to our service with bacteremia and infection of the generator and subcutaneous array in a recently implanted device.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center-Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1000 10th Avenue, New York, NY, 10019, USA. jmarull@chpnet.org
authors.forename: Jorge Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Marull
authors.forename: Maria Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: De Benedetti