Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Resulting in Endocarditis

Mycobacterium chelonae is being recognized as a cause of an increasing spectrum of illnesses, including soft-tissue infections, pulmonary disease, and postoperative infections. However, none of the mycobacteria have a propensity to cause infections on native cardiac valves. We report a case of disse...

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 1996-12, Vol.23 (6), p.1322-1323
Main Authors: Galil, Karin, Thurer, Robert, Glatter, Kathryn, Barlam, Tamar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis. Bacterial diseases of the aorta, limb vessels and lymphatic vessels
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Brief Reports
Dialysis
Endocarditis
Endocarditis, Bacterial - drug therapy
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial - physiopathology
Fever
Follow-Up Studies
Heart valves
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infections
Infectious diseases
Lung diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium chelonae
Mycobacterium chelonae - isolation & purification
Mycobacterium fortuitum
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - drug therapy
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - physiopathology
Pathogens
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Summary:Mycobacterium chelonae is being recognized as a cause of an increasing spectrum of illnesses, including soft-tissue infections, pulmonary disease, and postoperative infections. However, none of the mycobacteria have a propensity to cause infections on native cardiac valves. We report a case of disseminated infection with M. chelonae that involved the tricuspid valve.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/clinids/23.6.1322