Myocardial abscess and bacteremia complicating mycobacterium fortuitum pacemaker infection: Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1032-1034

  Al Soub, Hussam ^a   Al Maslamani, Mona ^a   Al Khuwaiter, Jameela ^a   El Deeb, Yasser ^a   Abu Khattab, Mohammed ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Myocardial abscess; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PACEMAKER INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350525280     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181aa6592     Document Type: Article

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