Aspergillus Infection of a Permanent Ventricular Pacing Lead

J. RANDALL MOORMAN; CHARLES STEENBERGEN; DAVID T. DURACK

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8159.1984.tb04918.x

Aspergillus Infection of a Permanent Ventricular Pacing Lead

J. RANDALL MOORMAN, CHARLES STEENBERGEN, DAVID T. DURACK

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Abstract

Fungal infections of intracardiac pacemakers are extremely rare. We describe what appears to be the first reported case of Aspergillus infection of a permanent pacing lead and review the three reported cases of other fungal infections of pacemaker leads which we could find in the literature. These infections may be encountered more frequently as the number of permanent pacemakers implanted in elderly patients with underlying medical illnesses continues to increase.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	361-366
Number of pages	6
Journal	Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.1984.tb04918.x
State	Published - May 1984
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

aspergillus
endocarditis
pacemakers

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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