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ArticleBMJ case reports2009

Management of recurrent pacemaker-related bacteraemia with small colony variant Staphylococcus aureus in a haemodialysis patient.

Xiaohui Chen Nielsen, Finn Thomsen Nielsen, Jørgen A L Kurtzhals, Claus Moser, Kit Boye, Jens Jørgen Christensen, Ulla Rydal Johansen, Henrik Westh

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8 authors.

Xiaohui Chen NielsenNæstved Sygehus, Clinical Microbiology, Herlufvænge 14A, Næstved, 4700, Denmark.
Finn Thomsen Nielsen
Jørgen A L Kurtzhals
Claus Moser
Kit Boye
Jens Jørgen Christensen
Ulla Rydal Johansen
Henrik Westh

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A patient with chronic haemodialysis with a cardiac pacemaker was admitted for five episodes of bacteraemia with Staphylococcus during an 8-month period. The species identification was complicated since the morphological characters and biochemical reactions were unusual and differing. Molecular biological identification and typing methods revealed that the pathogens for all the episodes were the same strain of Staphylococcus aureus that had small colony variant characteristics. Continuous suppressive antibiotic treatment initiated after the last infection episode has been able to keep the patient free of bacteraemia relapse during the past 24 months without removing the pacemaker.

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PMID21857872
PMCPMC3029867

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