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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2004-4-14
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pubmed:abstractText |
We report the case of a 35-yr-old patient who presented with high fever and chills. He had undergone a patch closure of the ventricular septal defect 18 yr before. One year later, a VVI pacemaker was implanted via the right subclavian vein because of complete heart block. Nine years after that, a new VVI pacemaker with another right ventricular electrode was inserted controlaterally and the old pacing lead was abandoned. Trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiogram identified the pacemaker lead in the right ventricle (RV) attaching hyperechoic materials and also a fluttering round hyperechoic mass with a stalk in the RV outflow tract. Cultures in blood and pus from pacemaker lead grew Achromobacter xylosoxidans. A diagnosis of pacemaker lead endocarditis due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans was made. In this regards, the best treatment is an immediate removal of the entire pacing system and antimicrobial therapy.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Apr
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pubmed:issn |
1011-8934
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
19
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
291-3
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-9-20
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Achromobacter denitrificans,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Electrodes, Implanted,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Endocarditis,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Heart Block,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:15082906-Pacemaker, Artificial
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pubmed:year |
2004
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Pacemaker lead endocarditis caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Cardiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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