Abscess after cardiac pacemaker implantation: A case report

Joanna Rybak-d'obyrn; Natalia Joanna Machoń; Julia Alicja Lewandowska; Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek; Waldemar Placek

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7639

Abscess after cardiac pacemaker implantation: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Aug 7;11(8):e7639. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7639. eCollection 2023 Aug.

Authors

Joanna Rybak-d'obyrn¹, Natalia Joanna Machoń², Julia Alicja Lewandowska², Agnieszka Owczarczyk-Saczonek¹, Waldemar Placek¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn Poland.
² Medical Faculty University of Warmia and Mazury Olsztyn Poland.

Abstract

This is a report of one of the most serious complications of the cardiac pacemaker implantation - infection of the implanted system. We present the case, which was misdiagnosed at the beginning and after cardiological consultation it was decided to immediately remove the peacemaker and transfer the patient to the Cardiological Department.

Keywords: CIED; Staphylococcus aureus; abscess; cardiac pacemaker.

Publication types

Case Reports