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Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae infection causing pacemaker lead endocarditis in an immunocompetent host

Pacemaker infection with Mycobacterium chelonae has not been reported previously. We report the first case of pacemaker lead endocarditis due to M. chelonae, which was successfully treated with multidrug regimen. M. chelonae is regarded as an environmental bacterium and its pathogenicity has been re...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ Case Rep
Hauptverfasser: Hooda, Amit, Pati, Purinder K, John, Bobby, George, Paul V, Michael, Joy Sarojini
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4275738/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25535221
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2014-206042
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