Pacemakers are foreign bodies which often used in the treatment of arrhythmias. Infection of pacemaker and the parts associated with pacemaker is extremely rare. The most important risk factors for development of infection; duration of the procedure, complications during operation and immunodeficiency of the patient. These infections are often seen when the pacemaker was inserted or removed as a result of the contamination. Although pacemaker infections are rare, the mortality rate is high. The most common causative agent is staphylococcus, gram negative bacteria and fungi may also be rarely causative agents. Ochrobactrum anthropi is a gram-negative, aerobic, oxidase positive, urease positive, motile and nonlactose-fermenting bacillus previously known as "Achromobacter group". It is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause infection in especially immunosupressive patients with permanent central venous catheter. The main infections reported due to this agent; bacteremia, central venous catheter-related sepsis, endocarditis, endophthalmitis, pancreatic abscess, urinary tract infections, meningitis, pelvic abscess and osteomyelitis. In the literature, just one case has been reported which developed pacemaker infection due to this agent. In this manuscript, fifty-four-year-old Afghan nationality patient was presented with the diagnosis of pacemaker and pacemaker lead infections.
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