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Achermann, Yvonne; Rössle, Matthias; Hoffmann, Matthias; Deggim, Vanessa; Kuster, Stefan; Zimmermann, Dieter R; Bloemberg, Guido; Hombach, Michael; Hasse, Barbara (2013). Prosthetic valve endocarditis and bloodstream infection due to Mycobacterium chimaera. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51(6):1769-1773.
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) due to fast-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported anecdotally. Reports of PVE with slowly growing NTM, however, are lacking. We present here one case of PVE and one case of bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR indicated a relatedness of the two M. chimaera strains. Both patients had heart surgery 2 years apart from each other. A nosocomial link was not detected.
| Item Type: | Journal Article, refereed, original work |
|---|---|
| Communities & Collections: | 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Institute of Medical Microbiology 04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Infectious Diseases |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 570 Life sciences; biology
610 Medicine & health |
| Scopus Subject Areas: | Health Sciences > Microbiology (medical) |
| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Deposited On: | 19 Jul 2013 14:26 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2025 02:39 |
| Publisher: | American Society for Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 0095-1137 |
| OA Status: | Closed |
| Free access at: | Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply. |
| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00435-13 |
| PubMed ID: | 23536407 |
Achermann, Yvonne