Cargando…

Cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator pocket infection caused by Mycobacterium fortuitum: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: With the rising utilization of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), infections secondary to device implantation are increasingly encountered. Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci are usually the predominant causative organisms. A CIED infection due...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zhu, Jun, Yang, Qingluan, Pan, Junjie, Shi, Haiming, Jin, Bo, Chen, Qiying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402086/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30836955
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-019-1028-0