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- Title
Native-valve endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium chelonae, misidentified as polymicrobial gram-positive bacillus infection.
- Authors
Takekoshi, Daisuke; Al-Heeti, Omar; Belvitch, Patrick; Schraufnagel, Dean
- Abstract
Mycobacterium chelonae, a species of rapidly growing mycobacteria, may grow in routine blood culture media and stain as gram-positive bacilli, which may cause diagnostic confusion. A patient with native-valve endocarditis caused by M. chelonae, which was misidentified as various gram-positive bacilli, is presented.
- Subjects
MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIA; ENDOCARDITIS; GRAM-positive bacterial infections; CULTURE media (Biology)
- Publication
Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.), 2013, Vol 19, Issue 4, p754
- ISSN
1341-321X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10156-012-0492-6