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CASE REPORT
Pacemaker pocket infection due to Mycobacterium goodii, a rapidly growing mycobacteria
  1. David K Yoo1,
  2. Seyed M Hosseini-Moghaddam2
  1. 1Department of Medicine, Western University, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Seyed M Hosseini-Moghaddam, seyed.hosseini{at}lhsc.on.ca

Summary

A woman aged 74 years with an implanted dual-chamber pacemaker presented with pacemaker site infection after failing empiric antimicrobial therapy. The pathogen was later identified as Mycobacterium goodii, a rapidly growing mycobacteria species. The pacemaker was subsequently removed and the patient was treated with oral ciprofloxacin and doxycycline with clinical improvement. In this article, we describe a rare case of pacemaker site infection by M. goodii.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-218323

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors DKY was responsible for conducting the chart review, relevant literature review and compiling the initial draft of the manuscript. SMH-M is the primary physician and was responsible for conceptualising the work and the critical revision of the manuscript. All authors were involved in the final revision of the manuscript.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.