Intracardiac lead endocarditis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis.
Staphylococcus Lugdunensis is a rare but potentially aggressive pathogen in the family of coagulase negative staphylococcus (CoNS). It can cause a wide variety of infections ranging from superficial skin to fulminant infections like endocarditis. Both native and prosthetic valve endocarditis due to S. lugdunensis have been documented in the English literature. Eight cases of pacemaker lead endocarditis due to S. lugdunensis have been described so far. We present the ninth case of pacemaker lead and first case of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) lead endocarditis due to S. lugdunensis.
Chopra
Anish
A
Department of Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University at Metrohealth Medical Center, 2500 Metrohealth Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44109, USA.
Gulati
Dhiraj
D
Woldenberg
Nina
N
Singh
Mamta
M
D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D057787:Staphylococcus lugdunensis / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014463:Ultrasonography