TY - JOUR
T1 - Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis with Mycobacterium fortuitum
T2 - antibiotics alone can be curative
AU - Gnanenthiran, Sonali R.
AU - Liu, Eunice Y.T.
AU - Wilson, Michael
AU - Chung, Tommy
AU - Gottlieb, Thomas
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RGM) are a rare, often fatal cause of infective endocarditis. Although surgery has been the cornerstone of RGM endocarditis therapy, we present the first documented adult case of Mycobacterium fortuitum endocarditis cured with antibiotic therapy.
AB - Rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RGM) are a rare, often fatal cause of infective endocarditis. Although surgery has been the cornerstone of RGM endocarditis therapy, we present the first documented adult case of Mycobacterium fortuitum endocarditis cured with antibiotic therapy.
KW - Endocarditis
KW - Mycobacterium
KW - Prosthetic valve
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021818612&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.05.135
DO - 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.05.135
M3 - Article
C2 - 28688832
AN - SCOPUS:85021818612
SN - 1443-9506
VL - 26
SP - e86-e89
JO - Heart, Lung and Circulation
JF - Heart, Lung and Circulation
IS - 11
ER -