Pacemaker infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

Sunita Sharma; Imad M Tleyjeh; Raul E Espinosa; Brian A Costello; Larry M Baddour

Pacemaker infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

Scand J Infect Dis. 2005;37(1):66-7.

Authors

Sunita Sharma¹, Imad M Tleyjeh, Raul E Espinosa, Brian A Costello, Larry M Baddour

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

PMID: 15773026

Abstract

Pacemaker infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum has not been reported previously. We describe a case of pacemaker generator pocket infection and intravascular lead endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum. The entire pacing system was removed and the patient was treated successfully with a multidrug regimen for a total of 6 months.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / physiopathology*
Mycobacterium fortuitum / isolation & purification
Mycobacterium fortuitum / pathogenicity*
Pacemaker, Artificial / microbiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents