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Case Report

A Rare Cause of Pacemaker-Related Endocarditis

by
Vanessa Kraege
1,2,*,
Jonathan Bloch
2,
Jean-Daniel Baumgartner
2,
Martin Fromer
3 and
Alain Delabays
2,3
1
Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalire Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
2
Department of Internal Medicine, Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côte, CH-1110 Morges, Switzerland
3
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalire Universitaire Vaudois, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Cardiovasc. Med. 2014, 17(10), 293; https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2014.00279
Submission received: 22 July 2014 / Revised: 22 August 2014 / Accepted: 22 September 2014 / Published: 22 October 2014
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Abstract

We report the case of a 76-year-old man who had a dual-chamber pacemaker implanted 17 years before and was initially admitted due to a Campylobacter fetus bacteraemia without any evident source of infection. He was treated by imipenem/cilastatin followed by ciprofloxacin for a total of four weeks. Two months later he presented with high fever, night sweats and a weight loss of 11 kg. Blood cultures showed the presence of Campylobacter fetus. An echocardiogram demonstrated vegetations on the pacemaker probes, not visualised on the ultrasound performed two months before. After extraction of the leads and pacemaker and another four weeks of intravenous antibiotherapy (imipenem/cilastatin and gentamicin), a new system was implanted. The patient regained weight and did not show any recurrence of symptoms at one-year followup.
Keywords: Campylobacter fetus; pacemaker leads Campylobacter fetus; pacemaker leads

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Kraege, V.; Bloch, J.; Baumgartner, J.-D.; Fromer, M.; Delabays, A. A Rare Cause of Pacemaker-Related Endocarditis. Cardiovasc. Med. 2014, 17, 293. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2014.00279

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Kraege V, Bloch J, Baumgartner J-D, Fromer M, Delabays A. A Rare Cause of Pacemaker-Related Endocarditis. Cardiovascular Medicine. 2014; 17(10):293. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2014.00279

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Kraege, Vanessa, Jonathan Bloch, Jean-Daniel Baumgartner, Martin Fromer, and Alain Delabays. 2014. "A Rare Cause of Pacemaker-Related Endocarditis" Cardiovascular Medicine 17, no. 10: 293. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2014.00279

APA Style

Kraege, V., Bloch, J., Baumgartner, J.-D., Fromer, M., & Delabays, A. (2014). A Rare Cause of Pacemaker-Related Endocarditis. Cardiovascular Medicine, 17(10), 293. https://doi.org/10.4414/cvm.2014.00279

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