Serratia marcescens: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Site Infection

We present a unique case of a patient who experienced recurrent infections of his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) site with the bacterium Serratia marcescens. This report highlights the virulence of this bacterium, its resistance to antibiotic therapy, and its ability to remain latent f...

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Autores principales: Hawkey, S., Choy, AM.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4641957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26605092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/641297
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description We present a unique case of a patient who experienced recurrent infections of his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) site with the bacterium Serratia marcescens. This report highlights the virulence of this bacterium, its resistance to antibiotic therapy, and its ability to remain latent for prolonged periods between episodes of sepsis. It also demonstrates the merits of reimplanting devices at different sites in the context of Serratia marcescens infection.
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spelling pubmed-46419572015-11-24 Serratia marcescens: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Site Infection Hawkey, S. Choy, AM. Case Rep Cardiol Case Report We present a unique case of a patient who experienced recurrent infections of his implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) site with the bacterium Serratia marcescens. This report highlights the virulence of this bacterium, its resistance to antibiotic therapy, and its ability to remain latent for prolonged periods between episodes of sepsis. It also demonstrates the merits of reimplanting devices at different sites in the context of Serratia marcescens infection. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4641957/ /pubmed/26605092 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/641297 Text en Copyright © 2015 S. Hawkey and A. Choy. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Serratia marcescens: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Site Infection
title_fullStr Serratia marcescens: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Site Infection
title_full_unstemmed Serratia marcescens: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Site Infection
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