Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans pacemaker lead infection-A case report and literature review

Hayden Zhang; Varsha Sivalingam; Pierre Qian; Shobini Sivagnanam

doi:10.1002/ccr3.8843

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans pacemaker lead infection-A case report and literature review

Clin Case Rep. 2024 Apr 26;12(5):e8843. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8843. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Hayden Zhang^{1

2}, Varsha Sivalingam³, Pierre Qian^{4

5

6}, Shobini Sivagnanam^{1

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases Blacktown Hospital Blacktown New South Wales Australia.
² Blacktown Mount Druitt Clinical School Western Sydney University Blacktown New South Wales Australia.
³ Institute of Clinical Pathology & Medical Research (ICPMR) Westmead Hospital Westmead New South Wales Australia.
⁴ Department of Cardiology Blacktown Hospital Blacktown New South Wales Australia.
⁵ Department of Cardiology Westmead Hospital Westmead New South Wales Australia.
⁶ Westmead Applied Research Centre University of Sydney Westmead New South Wales Australia.
⁷ Microbiology Department Australian Clinical Labs Bella Vista New South Wales Australia.

Abstract

Aggregatibacter spp. is a rare cause for cardiac device infections. Due to limited data, the management of Aggregatibacter spp. device infections is not clearly defined but should always involve device removal and prolonged intravenous antibiotics.

Keywords: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; cardiac implantable electronic device; endocarditis; pacemaker.

Publication types

Case Reports