Mycobacterium fortuitum pacemaker infection: A case report Article Swipe
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Mycobacterium fortuitum
Microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections
Medicine
Virology
Mycobacterium
Biology
Pathology
Tuberculosis
Yahya Shabi
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David Haldane
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Paul Bonnar
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· 2021
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/jammi-2021-0003
· OA: W3210438695
YOU?
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· 2021
· Open Access
·
· DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/jammi-2021-0003
· OA: W3210438695
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, ubiquitous in soil and water, but it is an uncommon cause of infections in immunocompetent hosts. Cardiac device infections and bloodstream infections due to non-tuberculous mycobacteria are rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of an 85-year-old patient with infective endocarditis and pacemaker lead infection secondary to M. fortuitum.
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