Article
Pacemaker endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes in an adult patient with Ebstein’s anomaly: a report of a rare case
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SANTO, KARLA R. E. et al. Pacemaker endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes in an adult patient with Ebstein’s anomaly: a report of a rare case. Heart, Lung and Circulation, v.23, n.10, p. e222–e225, 2014.
1443-9506
10.1016/j.hlc.2014.06.009
1444-2892
Autor
Santo, Karla R. E.
Franceschi, Vinicius
Campos, André C. B.
Monteiro, Thaíssa S.
Barbosa, Giovanna I. F.
Dantas, Angela
Lamas, Cristiane da Cruz
Resumen
We report a rare case of a Brazilian adult woman with Ebstein’s Anomaly who presented with pacemaker
endocarditis caused by Propionibacterium acnes. Ebstein’s Anomaly is a rare congenital malformation of the
heart. Infective endocarditis is defined as an infection of heart valves, of the mural endocardium, of a septal
defect, or of a cardiac electronic implantable device. Propionibacterium acnes is a skin commensal bacterium,
that is usually considered as a contaminant, but can, on rare occasions, cause serious infections including
endocarditis of prosthetic valves, native valves and cardiac electronic implantable devices. Diagnosis was
made after nearly two years of investigation by identification of the organism by the MALDI-TOF technique
and transoesophageal echocardiogram. The patient was successfully treated with daptomycin and device
removal. She remains free of endocarditis after 32 months of follow-up.