Echocardiographic diagnosis of an aortic root abscess after Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic valve endocarditis

Clin Cardiol. 1991 Mar;14(3):273-5. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960140319.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Valve*
  • Echocardiography*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous* / diagnostic imaging