Mucormycosis: An Uncommon Cutaneous Infection at Permanent Pacemaker-Implanted Site in a Very Low-Birthweight Baby

Abstract: Permanent pacemaker implantation in low birthweight (LBW) babies with congenital complete heart block is extremely challenging due to a paucity of appropriate pulse generator placement pocket sites. The development of infection following an implantation procedure can pose a life-threatening risk to the patients. With more patients in the younger group receiving these devices than ever before and the rate of infection increasing rapidly, a closer look at the burden of infection and its impact on outcome of these patients is warranted. We report mucormycosis infection at the abdominal pacemaker pocket site of an infant requiring pacemaker explantation and re-insertion into the intrapleural space.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Mucormycosis: An Uncommon Cutaneous Infection at Permanent Pacemaker-Implanted Site in a Very Low-Birthweight Baby ; volume:05 ; number:03 ; year:2021 ; pages:242-245 ; Journal of Cardiac Critical Care TSS ; 05, Heft 03 (2021), 242-245

Contributors, Places and Time

• Contributor: Choudhury, Minati ; Narula, Jitin ; Hote, Milind P. ; Mohapatra, Sarita

Further information

• DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739522
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022032411372325870378
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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