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Klebsiella Pneumoniae : A Rare Cause of Device‐Associated Endocarditis
Author(s) -
PAI RAKESH K.,
WALL T. SCOTT,
MACGREGOR JOHN F.,
ABEDIN MOEEN,
FREEDMAN ROGER A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00390.x
Subject(s) - medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , endocarditis , pathogen , klebsiella infections , cardiology , immunology , biochemistry , chemistry , escherichia coli , gene
Intravascular infections involving implanted pacemakers and defibrillators are being seen with increasing frequency. This report describes a case of intravascular infection of an implanted defibrillator with Klebsiella pneumoniae, an unusual pathogen for pacemaker or defibrillator infection.