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- Hamidreza Aliabadi and Richard K Osenbach.
- Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
- Neuromodulation. 2008 Oct 1;11(4):311-4.
AbstractIntrathecal drug delivery device infection with Mycobacterium fortuitum has not been reported previously. We report a case of an implanted baclofen pump infection and associated mycobacterium meningitis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum. The entire pump system was removed and the patient was treated successfully with a prolonged regimen of antibiotics.© 2008 International Neuromodulation Society.
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