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Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans pacemaker lead infection—A case report and literature review

Published:2024-04-26 Issue:5 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Zhang Hayden¹²^ORCID,Sivalingam Varsha³,Qian Pierre⁴⁵⁶,Sivagnanam Shobini¹⁷

Affiliation:

1. Department of Infectious Diseases Blacktown Hospital Blacktown New South Wales Australia

2. Blacktown Mount Druitt Clinical School Western Sydney University Blacktown New South Wales Australia

3. Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research (ICPMR) Westmead Hospital Westmead New South Wales Australia

4. Department of Cardiology Blacktown Hospital Blacktown New South Wales Australia

5. Department of Cardiology Westmead Hospital Westmead New South Wales Australia

6. Westmead Applied Research Centre University of Sydney Westmead New South Wales Australia

7. Microbiology Department Australian Clinical Labs Bella Vista New South Wales Australia

Abstract

Key Clinical MessageAggregatibacter spp. is a rare cause for cardiac device infections. Due to limited data, the management of Aggregatibacter spp. device infections is not clearly defined but should always involve device removal and prolonged intravenous antibiotics.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.8843

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