Diagnostic evaluation and management of culture-negative cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections.
Zerelda Esquer GarrigosMerit P GeorgeSaira FaridOmar M Abu SalehPrakhar VijayvargiyaMaryam MahmoodM P H Paul A FriedmanJames M SteckelbergDaniel C DeSimoneWalter R WilsonLarry M BaddourM Rizwan SohailPublished in: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE (2018)
Pocket and device cultures in suspected CIED infections may be negative due to preextraction oral antibiotics. However, frequently these patients are managed with broad-spectrum parenteral therapy postextraction.