Mycobacterium chelonae valve endocarditis resulting from contaminated biological prostheses

Journal of Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 467-473

  Strabelli, T M V ^a   Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia ^a   Castelli, Jussara Bianchi ^a   Demarchi, L M M F ^a   Leão, Sylvia Cardoso ^b   Viana Niero, Cristina ^b   Miyashiro, Kozue ^c   Sampaio, Roney Orismar ^a   Grinberg, Max ^a   Uip, David Everson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Fleury   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac valve; Endocarditis; Mycobacterium chelonae; Prostheses

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA 16S; DNA 23S; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REOPERATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SWINE;

EID: 77953325776     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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