Implantable cardioverter defibrillator endocarditis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae complicated by liver abscess and septic pulmonary embolism
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillator pocket infection caused by Klebsiella pneumonia.
Like any other foreign bodies, implanted cardiac devices can become infected. Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphilococci are the most common causes of infections of pacemaker and defibrillator systems. In this case an implantable cardioverter defibrillator pocket infection caused by an extremely rare microorganism, Klebsiella pneumonia, is presented.
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1877-9352,1877-9344
DOI: 10.4081/itjm.2013.407