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Case Reports
. 1980 Dec;74(6):838-42.
doi: 10.1093/ajcp/74.6.838.

Corynebacterium group JK bacterial infection in a patient with an epicardial pacemaker

P S Gronemeyer, A S Weissfeld, A C Sonnenwirth
Case Reports

Corynebacterium group JK bacterial infection in a patient with an epicardial pacemaker

P S Gronemeyer et al. Am J Clin Pathol. 1980 Dec.

Abstract

Septicemia caused by Corynebacteria group JK bacterium has previously been reported to occur in patients who have predisposing illness, such as neoplasms, ventriculoatrial shunt, or prosthetic valve. This study documents the case of an epicardial abscess caused by a Corynebacterium group JK organism in a 69-year-old woman who had an epicardial pacemaker.

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