Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic valve endocarditis: A case for the pathogenetic role of biofilms

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-364

  Bosio, Silvia ^a   Leekha, Surbhi ^a   Gamb, Scott I ^a   Wright, Alan J ^a   Terrell, Christine L ^a   Miller, Dylan V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Endocarditis; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SWINE;

EID: 84863721397     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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