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Pacemaker pocket infection due to acremonium species
Nicolaos Kouvousis1, George Lazaros, Evangellia Christoforatou
1Department of Cardiology, Athens General Hospital, Greece.
Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE
|May 7, 2002
Abstract:
Fungal infections involving the pacemaker pocket after pacemaker implantation procedure are extremely rare. This report describes the case of a 53-year-old woman with pacemaker pocket infection due to acremonium species. The authors emphasize that this patient did not have any predisposing factors to fungal infections.