Mycobacterium chimaera After Aortic Valve Replacement Causing Aortic Rupture and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.02.082.
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Abstract
A 20-year-old man with severe aortic insufficiency received a mechanical aortic valve replacement. Afterward he subsequently presented with an aortic root dissection, pseudoaneurysm, and prosthetic valve endocarditis requiring surgical reinterventions twice with a positive Mycobacterium chimaera tissue culture despite prolonged antimycobacterial therapy. This is the first reported clinical case of M chimaera in Western Canada and the first with M chimaera-associated aortic dissection and pseudoaneurysm.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta, Thoracic
- Aortic Rupture
- Endocarditis, Bacterial
- Heart Valve Prosthesis
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium Infections
- Prosthesis-Related Infections