Mycobacterium goodii endocarditis following mitral valve ring annuloplasty

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Case Report

Rohan B. Parikh¹  Matthew Grant² 

[1]Texas Heart Institute, 6770 Bertner Avenue, 77030, Houston, Tx, USA

[2]Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, 06510, New Haven, CT, USA

关键词: Mycobacterium goodii;    Endocarditis;    Gene sequencing;    Prostheses related infections;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12941-017-0190-4

 received in 2016-07-27, accepted in 2017-03-15,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMycobacterium goodii is an infrequent human pathogen which has been implicated in prosthesis related infections and penetrating injuries. It is often initially misidentified as a gram-positive rod by clinical microbiologic laboratories and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.Case presentationWe describe here the second reported case of M. goodii endocarditis. Species level identification was performed by 16S rDNA (ribosomal deoxyribonucleic acid) gene sequencing. The patient was successfully treated with mitral valve replacement and a prolonged combination of ciprofloxacin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.ConclusionConfirmation of the diagnosis utilizing molecular techniques and drug susceptibility testing allowed for successful treatment of this prosthetic infection.

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