Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2015)

Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due to Mycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Aaron M. Mulhall,
  • Renee S. Hebbeler-Clark

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/274819
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2015

Abstract

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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.