Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device-Related Infection Due to Granulicatella adiacens.

Parham Sendi Kerstin Wustmann Annina Elisabeth BüchiFabian NotiBernd KlaeserBeat SondereggerChristoph Auf der MaurThomas Mercier Markus Schwerzmann Corinne Ruppen

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

Cardiac implantable electronic device-related infection is clinically challenging. Curative treatment commonly includes system removal. A case caused by Granulicatella adiacens occurred in a 32-year-old woman. Clinical course, literature review, and biofilm investigations enabled successful antibiotic management without system removal.

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staphylococcus aureus
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candida albicans