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. 2022 Feb 24;7(1):81-83.
doi: 10.3138/jammi-2021-0003. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Mycobacterium fortuitum pacemaker infection: A case report

Yahya Shabi  1 , David Haldane  1 , Paul Bonnar  2
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Mycobacterium fortuitum pacemaker infection: A case report

Yahya Shabi et al. J Assoc Med Microbiol Infect Dis Can. .

Abstract
in English, French

Background: Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, ubiquitous in soil and water, but it is an uncommon cause of infections in immunocompetent hosts. Cardiac device infections and bloodstream infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria are rare.

Case presentation: We present the case of an 85-year-old patient with infective endocarditis and pacemaker lead infection secondary to M. fortuitum.

Historique: Le Mycobacterium fortuitum est une mycobactérie à la croissance rapide, omniprésente dans la terre et l’eau, mais est une cause d’infection peu courante chez les hôtes immunocompétents. Les infections des dispositifs cardiaques et du sang causées par des mycobactéries non tuberculeuses sont rares.

Présentation de cas: Les auteurs présentent le cas d’un patient de 85 ans atteint d’une endocardite infectieuse et d’une infection de la dérivation de son stimulateur cardiaque secondaire à un M. fortuitum.

Keywords: Mycobacterium fortuitum; case; infections; pacemakers; report.

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The authors have nothing to disclose.

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