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The records of 1,235 consecutive patients treated with long-term pacing by the endocardial route between 1964 and 1977 were analyzed to determine the incidence, mechanism, course and treatment of septicemia. Septicemia developed in 12 patients (1 percent), and Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from the blood culture in 10. All patients were treated with the usual prolonged course of bactericidal drugs. Treatment was successful in only two of the seven patients whose endocardial pacing system was left in place; in three of the seven the septicemia recurred, necessitating removal of the endocardial system, and two of these patients died. In the remaining four patients the endocardial wire was promptly withdrawn, with use of a thoracotomy when necessary, and an epicardial system inserted; all of these patients survived. This is the treatment of choice.
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