Treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis (http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/3/14-0577)

摘要

Mycobacterium abscessus is a ubiquitous, rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) found in water supplies, soil, and dust. M. abscessus is considered the most pathogenic and difficult to treat of the RGM and is most often associated with pulmonary, skin, and soft tissue infections; it has also been reported to cause ocular infections, otitis, lymphadenitis, arthritis, osteomyelitis, disseminated disease, and prosthetic valve endocarditis ( 1 , 2 ). Most prosthetic valve endocarditis cases have been fatal.