Identification of causative organisms using enrichment cultures for cardiac implantable electronic device infections
Utilization of enrichment cultures could highlight a disparity in pathogen distribution compared with previous reports. Cutibacterium acnes played a particularly significant role as the causative pathogen in the late onset of CIED infections.
Authors
- Mitsuhiko Shoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0493-1034)
- Mari Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-399X)
- Kimitake Imamura
- Hiromasa Otake
- Atsushi Murakami
- Yuji Nakanishi
- Mitsuru Takami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1768-802X)
- Ryosuke Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0548-844X)
- Shogo Yonehara
- Koji Fukuzawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4276-479X)
- Takahiro Kunigita
- Kenichi Tani
- Ken‐ichi Hirata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6782-3031)
- Hidehiro Iwai
- Hiroyuki Asada
- K. Onuma
- Goh Ohji
Institutions
- Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital (JP)
- Kobe University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart Rhythm
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.04.003
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00