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Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus Hominis
Author(s) -
SUNBUL MUSTAFA,
DEMIRAG MUSTAFA KEMAL,
YILMAZ OZCAN,
YILMAZ HAVA,
OZTURK RECEP,
LEBLEBICIOGLU HAKAN
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.1540-8159.2006.00391.x
Subject(s) - medicine , chills , endocarditis , sick sinus syndrome , subclavian vein , infective endocarditis , transesophageal echocardiogram , surgery , transthoracic echocardiogram , tricuspid valve , cardiology , catheter
Infective endocarditis related to pacemaker is a rare but serious condition in permanent venous tracing. A 65‐year‐old man was admitted to the hospital with high fever and chills. A DDD pacemaker had been implanted via the right subclavian vein because of sick sinus syndrome 6 years earlier. Transesophageal echocardiogram identified an oscillating round hyperechoic mass with a stalk near the tricuspid valve. Blood cultures grew Staphylococcus hominis. The patient was treated with antibiotics and operated on after the acute phase of the illness had subsided. We hereby report a case of lead endocarditis caused by S. hominis in a patient with pacemaker, which has been rarely reported in the English literature.