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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5325-5326, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5325-5326.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Implantable Defibrillator Pocket Infection and Bacteremia Caused by Nocardia nova Complex Isolate

Keith Boell,1 Robert Gotoff,1 Michael Foltzer,1 Randle Storm,1 and Paul P. Bourbeau2*

Divisions of Medicine,1 Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania 178222

Received 11 June 2003/ Returned for modification 21 July 2003/ Accepted 14 August 2003

Nocardia spp. are common environmental organisms that, to our knowledge, have never been implicated as causing an implantable defibrillator or pacemaker infection. We describe a 70-year-old male with a recent implantable cardiac defibrillator revision and subsequent device infection and bacteremia caused by a Nocardia nova complex isolate.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Laboratory Medicine, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA 17822-0131. Phone: (570) 271-1161. Fax: (570) 271-6105. E-mail: pbourbeau{at}geisinger.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2003, p. 5325-5326, Vol. 41, No. 11
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5325-5326.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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