Mycobacterium neoaurum causing prosthetic valve endocarditis: A case report and review of the literature

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 235-237

  Kumar, Anupam ^a   Pazhayattil, George S ^a   Das, Aparna ^b   Conte, Harry A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Mycobacterium neoaurum; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ETHAMBUTOL; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM NEOAURUM INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAUCASIAN; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GRAM STAINING; HEART MURMUR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM NEOAURUM; NONHUMAN; SINUS RHYTHM;

ENDOCARDITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM NEOAURUM; PROSTHETIC VALVE;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84897640352     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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