Actinomyces orisActinomycosisPCICardiacCoronary artery interventions are safe procedures yet have a risk of stent infection, bacteremia and sepsis, events that are rare but with high morbidity and mortality sequel. A few prior cases had reported post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) infections, ...
61,62 The degree of bacteremia is proportional to the trauma produced by the procedure and to the number of organisms inhabiting the surface; the organisms isolated reflect the resident microbial flora. The bacteremia usually is low grade (≤10 colony-forming units [CFU]/mL) and transient; ...