Recurrent pocket infection due to Mycobacterium chelonae at the site of an explanted cardiac implantable electrical device in proximity to a long-standing tattoo
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John Whitaker, BM, BCh, MRCP, William Rickaby, MBBS, Alistair Robson, FRCPath, DipRCPath, Farrah Bakr, MBBS, MRCP, Jonathan White, BSc (Hons), MRCP(UK), C. Aldo Rinaldi, FHRS From the Department of Cardiology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom, Department of Dermatopathology, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom, and St John’s Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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