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Campylobacter Fetus Infection of an Internal Cardioverter Defibrillator
Author(s) -
AHMAR WALID,
JOHNSON DOUGLAS,
RICHARDS MICHAEL,
STRATHMORE NEIL
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8159.2007.00981.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , complication , bacteremia , campylobacter fetus , hematoma , fetus , surgery , cardiology , antibiotics , pregnancy , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , biology
Infection is a serious complication post implantation of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD). We report a case of a 77‐year‐old man who had an ICD generator change complicated by a hematoma. The generator became infected at the time of Campylobacter fetus bacteremia. The ICD was removed and a new device was implanted without complication.