Abstract
A patient with an aortic root abscess complicating Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic endocarditis is described. The correct diagnosis had been made preoperatively by echocardiography and was confirmed subsequently at surgery.
MeSH terms
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Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
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Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
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Aortic Valve*
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Echocardiography*
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Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
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Female
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Heart Valve Prosthesis*
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Humans
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Middle Aged
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / diagnostic imaging