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Haemophilus parainfluenzae is an uncommon pathogen that can cause pacemaker lead infection and device-associated endocarditis.
Highlights Haemophilus parainfluenzae as a potential, albeit uncommon, pathogen in cardiac device-associated endocarditis.
Cardiac device infections are a rare complication of pacing and defibrillator therapy. The number of implanted devices will likely continue to rise with increasing implantation of the cardioverter defibrillator and cardiac resynchronization devices. This report describes a case of an uncommon pathogen for device-associated endocarditis.
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Pai et al. (2004) studied this question. Haemophilus parainfluenzae is an uncommon pathogen that can cause pacemaker lead infection and device-associated endocarditis.
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