Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report
<p><br />The HACEK group of organisms have fastidious growth requirements and usually present as culture negative endocarditis. Probable Aggregatibacter aphrophilus has been isolated in a routine microbiology laboratory in a patient with a permanent pacemaker with echocardiographic featu...
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| description | <p><br />The HACEK group of organisms have fastidious growth requirements and usually present as culture negative endocarditis. Probable Aggregatibacter aphrophilus has been isolated in a routine microbiology laboratory in a patient with a permanent pacemaker with echocardiographic features suggestive of lead endocarditis. Device removal, though recommended, was not carried out for clinical and economic reasons. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics including intravenous ceftriaxone for the duration of two weeks plus oral cefixime for further 4 weeks together with regular and extended follow-up for more than one year while the pacemaker and the leads remained in-situ.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f87f90770cc14c878853ed1de94710d32022-12-22T03:36:10ZengSri Lankan Society for MicrobiologySri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases2012-81692448-96542018-05-0181404510.4038/sljid.v8i1.81435787Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case reportG Lakshy0SK Jayatilleke1SRP Kottegoda2Faculty of Medicine, University of JaffnaSri Jayewardenepura General HospitalSri Jayewardenepura General Hospital<p><br />The HACEK group of organisms have fastidious growth requirements and usually present as culture negative endocarditis. Probable Aggregatibacter aphrophilus has been isolated in a routine microbiology laboratory in a patient with a permanent pacemaker with echocardiographic features suggestive of lead endocarditis. Device removal, though recommended, was not carried out for clinical and economic reasons. The patient was successfully treated with antibiotics including intravenous ceftriaxone for the duration of two weeks plus oral cefixime for further 4 weeks together with regular and extended follow-up for more than one year while the pacemaker and the leads remained in-situ.</p>https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8143pacemaker endocarditis, hacek organisms, haemophilus spp., aggregatibacter spp. |
| spellingShingle | G Lakshy SK Jayatilleke SRP Kottegoda Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases pacemaker endocarditis, hacek organisms, haemophilus spp., aggregatibacter spp. |
| title | Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report |
| title_full | Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report |
| title_short | Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report |
| title_sort | permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the hacek group of organisms a case report |
| topic | pacemaker endocarditis, hacek organisms, haemophilus spp., aggregatibacter spp. |
| url | https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8143 |
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