Rare enough ? Cardiac Device-related pocket Infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

Reshma Golamari; Nitasa Sahu; Rama Vunnam; Dhirisha Bhatt; Rameet Thapa; Ravi Patel; Rohit Jain

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3829

Rare enough ? Cardiac Device-related pocket Infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jan 26;9(3):1566-1570. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3829. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Reshma Golamari¹, Nitasa Sahu¹, Rama Vunnam¹, Dhirisha Bhatt¹, Rameet Thapa², Ravi Patel³, Rohit Jain¹

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor of Medicine Department of Hospital Medicine Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania USA.
² Department of Infectious Disease UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland Maryland USA.
³ Resident Physician Department of Internal Medicine Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania USA.

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are rare causes of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)-related infections and may lead to device-related endocarditis, so preventing them is key. We present a case of CIED-related pocket infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum which highlights the challenges in management of such infections.

Keywords: Cardiac device infections; M fortuitum device infections; pocket infections; rapidly growing mycobacterial infections; rare device infections.

Publication types

Case Reports