Could Externalized St. Jude Medical Riata® Lead Be a Culture Medium of a Polymicrobial Endocarditis? A Clinical Case

We report the case of a man affected by polymicrobial endocarditis developed on a St. Jude Medical Riata lead with a malfunction because of the outsourcing of conductors. The patient was treated with antibiotic targeted therapy and showed different bacteria at the blood cultures and then underwent t...

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Main Authors: Zefferino Palamà, Roberta Trotta, Cosimo Mandurino, Mariangela Pinto, Giovanni Luzzi, Stefano Favale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8967234
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