ArticleAnnals of Saudi medicine
Diagnosis of endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus.
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- Clinical experience in 52 patients with tigecycline-containing regimens for salvage treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium chelonae infections.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2014Trial
- Pulmonary valve infective endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Article
- Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Saudi Arabia and Gulf Countries: A Review.Canadian respiratory journal · 2017Review
- Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense tricuspid valve endocarditis.Emerging infectious diseases · 2015Article
- A rare native mitral valve endocarditis successfully treated after surgical correction.BMJ case reports · 2014Article
- Misidentification of Mycobacterium fortuitum in an immunocompetent patient presenting with a unilateral neck mass.BMJ case reports · 2014Article
- Clinical and laboratory aspects of the diagnosis and management of cutaneous and subcutaneous infections caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2013Review
- Mycobacterium abscessus bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient following a coronary artery bypass graft.Journal of cardiovascular disease research · 2011Article
- Mycobacterial endocarditis: a comprehensive review.Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular : orgao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia CardiovascularReview
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Abstract
We report a fatal case of native valve endocarditis due to Mycobacterium abscessus in a hemodialysis patient. The diagnosis was based on culture isolation of acid-fast bacilli from peripheral blood and a permanent catheter tip, and their identification as M abscessus by a reverse hybridization-based assay and direct DNA sequencing of the 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer region. Rapid diagnosis and combination therapy are essential to minimize mortality due to this pathogen. Although combination therapy was started with clarithromycin and tigecycline, the patient refused to take clarithromycin due to severe abdominal pain. The patient became afebrile after therapy with tigecycline alone although bacteremia persisted. He was discharged against medical advice and readmitted three months later for persistent fever. His blood cultures again yielded M abscessus and a transesophageal echocardiogram showed two mobile vegetations. The patient was noncompliant with therapy and died due to cardiac arrest and multiorgan failure. This report shows that M abscessus should also be considered in the differential diagnosis of infective endocarditis in hemodialysis patients.
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