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
Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are rare causes of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) pocket infections and may lead to device-related endocarditis, so preventing them is key. Diagnosis is by presence of acid-fast bacilli on smears and culture takes around 3-7 days on grow on standard agar media.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium fortuitum
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Microbiology
- Medicine
- Endocarditis
- Agar
- Permanent pacemaker
- Bacterial endocarditis
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium Infections