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Infections with Pacemakers
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Posted: May 13, 2008
John Kratz, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses infections in pacemakers.

References and Resources
Cawley PJ, Ravindrin BK, Poole JE. Not the usual cardiac rhythm device infection: a fastidious pathogen with several teaching points. J Hosp Med. 2008 Mar;3(2):173-5.

Uslan DZ. Infections of electrophysiologic cardiac devices. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2008 Mar;5(2):183-95.

Nandhakumar B, Menon T, Ravishankar G, Shanmugasundaram S. Pacemaker pocket infection associated with septicemia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Int J Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;12(1):107-8.

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