Pacemaker wire infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a case report and literature review

Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2009 Feb;13(2):272-4.

Abstract

Post-operative reactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is a recognized complication of surgery. We report a case of reactivation TB involving pacemaker wires and review the literature on surgical site TB infections following cardiac surgery to examine the clinical features and outcomes of this rare but important presentation of TB.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Ethambutol / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Isoniazid / therapeutic use
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
  • Recurrence
  • Rifampin / analogs & derivatives
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / drug therapy
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents
  • Ethambutol
  • Isoniazid
  • Rifampin
  • rifapentine