Pacemaker Lead Endocarditis Due to Trichosporon Species

J Assoc Physicians India. 2015 Apr;63(4):66-8.

Abstract

Pacemaker-related fungal endocarditis is an uncommon and unexpected complication. It is associated with high mortality rates. Due to nonspecific clinical symptoms, negative blood culture and delays in obtaining appropriate imaging studies; late diagnosis is common with fungal endocarditis. Hereby we are reporting a rare case of pacemaker lead endocarditis due to Trichosporon species. In literature we did not find any case of pacemaker-related endocarditis due to Trichosporon species.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echocardiography
  • Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging
  • Endocarditis / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Trichosporon / isolation & purification*
  • Trichosporonosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Trichosporonosis / microbiology*