Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis Due to Multidrug-Resistant Corynebacterium striatum Detected with Sonication of the Device

Corynebacterium striatum is a commensal of human skin and has been recently recognized as an emerging pathogen. A case of nosocomial pacemaker lead endocarditis due to a multidrug-resistant C. striatum strain is described, highlighting the role of sonication as a diagnostic tool in cardiac device in...

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Hauptverfasser: Oliva, Alessandra, Belvisi, Valeria, Iannetta, Marco, Andreoni, Carolina, Mascellino, Maria T., Lichtner, Miriam, Vullo, Vincenzo, Mastroianni, Claudio M.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008477/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20943861
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01532-10
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