Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection: Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections

Showri Karnam; Venkata (Mahesh) Alla; Joong Kwon; Tracey Harbert; Akhilesh Sharma; Kelly Airey; Aryan N. Mooss

Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection

Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections

Showri Karnam, Venkata (Mahesh) Alla, Joong Kwon, Tracey Harbert, Akhilesh Sharma, Kelly Airey, Aryan N. Mooss

Department of Medicine

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Abstract

The increased use of cardiac rhythm management devices has led to an increase in cardiac device-related infections (CDI). Staphylococcus aureus and epidermidis account for the vast majority of CDI. CDI due to rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria is very rare, with only about ten cases having been reported. We report a case of pacemaker pocket infection with Mycobacterium phlei. There are only three published reports of human infection involving this typically non-pathogenic organism. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of CDI with Mycobacterium phlei.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	687-690
Number of pages	4
Journal	Cardiology Journal
Volume	18
Issue number	6
State	Published - 2011

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Karnam, S., Alla, V. M., Kwon, J., Harbert, T., Sharma, A., Airey, K., & Mooss, A. N. (2011). Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection: Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections. Cardiology Journal, 18(6), 687-690.

Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection : Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections. / Karnam, Showri; Alla, Venkata (Mahesh); Kwon, Joong; Harbert, Tracey; Sharma, Akhilesh; Airey, Kelly; Mooss, Aryan N.

In: Cardiology Journal, Vol. 18, No. 6, 2011, p. 687-690.

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Karnam, S, Alla, VM, Kwon, J, Harbert, T, Sharma, A, Airey, K & Mooss, AN 2011, 'Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection: Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections', Cardiology Journal, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 687-690.

Karnam S, Alla VM, Kwon J, Harbert T, Sharma A, Airey K et al. Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection: Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections. Cardiology Journal. 2011;18(6):687-690.

Karnam, Showri ; Alla, Venkata (Mahesh) ; Kwon, Joong ; Harbert, Tracey ; Sharma, Akhilesh ; Airey, Kelly ; Mooss, Aryan N. / Mycobacterium phlei, a previously unreported cause of pacemaker infection : Thinking outside the box in cardiac device infections. In: Cardiology Journal. 2011 ; Vol. 18, No. 6. pp. 687-690.

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