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Klebsiella pneumoniae is a rare and unusual pathogen that can cause device-associated endocarditis and intravascular infection of implanted defibrillators.
Highlights Klebsiella pneumoniae as a potential, albeit rare, pathogen in device-associated endocarditis.
Klebsiella may cause CIED intravascular infection; extends pathogen spectrum but remains hypothesis-generating.
Intravascular infections involving implanted pacemakers and defibrillators are being seen with increasing frequency. This report describes a case of intravascular infection of an implanted defibrillator with Klebsiella pneumoniae, an unusual pathogen for pacemaker or defibrillator infection.
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Pai et al. (2006) studied this question. Klebsiella pneumoniae is a rare and unusual pathogen that can cause device-associated endocarditis and intravascular infection of implanted defibrillators.
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