Key result
Mucor infection of a pacemaker lead linked to fatal endocarditis in a patient with essential thrombocytosis.
Why the study?
Pacemaker infections occur at a rate of 0.8–5.7% and are usually linked to recent device manipulations, while mucormycosis endocarditis is extremely rare.
Highlights an extremely rare and fatal case of pacemaker lead endocarditis caused by Mucor spp in a patient with essential thrombocytosis.
Alerts clinicians to rare Mucor pacemaker endocarditis in essential thrombocytosis; leaves open systematic study of device infections in myeloproliferative disorders.
Pacemaker infections are a complication with an incidence rate of 0.8–5.7% and are usually associated with recent manipulations.1 Mucormycosis endocarditis is extremely rare. We describe herein a female patient with essential thrombocytosis, who suffered from mucormycosis of the lead of a permanent pacemaker. The final diagnosis was made postoperatively.
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Metallidis et al. (2008) studied this question. Mucor spp infection of a permanent pacemaker lead resulted in fatal endocarditis in a patient with essential thrombocytosis.
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