Recurrent Neisseria cinerea bacteremia secondary to cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection. 2023

Zachary S Bernstein, and James J Vaillant, and Hector I Michelena, and Sorin V Pislaru, and Daniel C DeSimone
Center for Multiple Myeloma, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA.

We present the first case of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection due to Neisseria cinerea in a 64-year-old woman from Panama. She had a history of splenectomy, aortic valve stenosis requiring transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and permanent pacemaker placement. She presented with relapsing N. cinerea bacteremia over a 3-month period. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a lead vegetation in the superior vena cava. She was successfully treated with pacemaker removal and 2 weeks of IV antibiotic therapy. N. cinerea is an aerobic gram-negative commensal diplococcus typically found in the human nasopharynx. Infection in humans is rare with few case reports in the literature.

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