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Prosthetic valve endocarditis and bloodstream infection due to Mycobacterium chimaera.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2013
Achermann Yvonne, Rössle Matthias, Hoffmann Matthias, Deggim Vanessa, Kuster Stefan, Zimmermann Dieter R, Bloemberg Guido, Hombach Michael, Hasse Barbara
Abstract excerpt
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) due to fast-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported anecdotally. Reports of PVE with slowly growing NTM, however, are lacking. We present here one case of PVE and one case of bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera. Randomly a...
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