Native-valve endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium chelonae , misidentified as polymicrobial gram-positive bacillus infection

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-posi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2013-08, Vol.19 (4), p.754-756
Hauptverfasser:	Takekoshi, Daisuke, Al-Heeti, Omar, Belvitch, Patrick, Schraufnagel, Dean E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Bacillus Bacillus - isolation & purification Bacteriological Techniques Case Report Diagnostic Errors Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology Fatal Outcome Gram-positive bacilli Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Infectious Diseases Male Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Mycobacterium chelonae Mycobacterium chelonae - isolation & purification Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology Native-valve endocarditis Nontuberculous mycobacteria Rapidly growing mycobacteria Virology
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1341-321X 1437-7780
DOI:	10.1007/s10156-012-0492-6