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Title:

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile Pacemaker Infection.

Document type:
Article; Case Reports
Author(s):
Berkefeld, Anna; Berger, Fabian K; Gärtner, Barbara C; Wantia, Nina; Prinzing, Anatol; Laugwitz, Karl-Ludwig; Busch, Dirk H; Rothe, Kathrin
Abstract:
Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated nosocomial diarrhea, but extra-intestinal manifestations are rare. We describe the first documented case of bacteraemia with pacemaker pocket and lead infection with the toxigenic C. difficile ribotype 014 with a lack of abdominal symptoms. The patient underwent pacemaker extraction and treatment with intravenous and oral vancomycin. Genotyping and molecular subtyping revealed clonality between pacemaker and intestinal isolat...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Open Forum Infect Dis
Year:
2020
Journal volume:
7
Journal issue:
12
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaa487
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33324719
TUM Institution:
I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik (Kardiologie); Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene; Klinik für Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie (Prof. Lange)
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