Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review
Endocarditis secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare entity often involving prosthetic valves and rarely native valves. Pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to any organism is rare. We report the first case of native pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to M. fortuitum and a literature revi...
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| description | Endocarditis secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare entity often involving prosthetic valves and rarely native valves. Pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to any organism is rare. We report the first case of native pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to M. fortuitum and a literature review of native valve M. fortuitum endocarditis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-11308fbdb6b14b2e9788c7c294404afa2025-08-20T02:01:53ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332015-01-01201510.1155/2015/274819274819Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature ReviewAaron M. Mulhall0Renee S. Hebbeler-Clark1Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USADivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USAEndocarditis secondary to Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rare entity often involving prosthetic valves and rarely native valves. Pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to any organism is rare. We report the first case of native pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to M. fortuitum and a literature review of native valve M. fortuitum endocarditis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/274819 |
| spellingShingle | Aaron M. Mulhall Renee S. Hebbeler-Clark Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | native pulmonic valve endocarditis due to mycobacterium fortuitum a case report and literature review |
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