Pacemaker endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes: A case report

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Noel, Warren ^a   Hammoudi, Nadjib ^b   Wegorowska, Elzbieta ^a,c   D'Alessandro, Cossimo ^b   Steichen, Olivier ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPICARDIAL PACEMAKER; FATIGUE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN BIOPSY; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY CT;

AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 84868300334     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: 15273288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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