Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve

We report a case of Mycoplasma genitalium endocarditis in a prosthetic heart valve of a woman who sought care in Switzerland for acute aortic valve dysfunction 3 years after valve replacement. This unusual manifestation of infection with this bacterium was diagnosed using broad-range PCR despite sus...

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Autores principales: Ramakrishnan, Gokul, Kronig, Iona, Gaïa, Nadia, Lazarevic, Vladimir, Schrenzel, Jacques
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37735787
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2910.221639
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author Ramakrishnan, Gokul
Kronig, Iona
Gaïa, Nadia
Lazarevic, Vladimir
Schrenzel, Jacques
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description We report a case of Mycoplasma genitalium endocarditis in a prosthetic heart valve of a woman who sought care in Switzerland for acute aortic valve dysfunction 3 years after valve replacement. This unusual manifestation of infection with this bacterium was diagnosed using broad-range PCR despite suspicion of a mechanical disinsertion.
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spelling pubmed-105216152023-10-01 Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve Ramakrishnan, Gokul Kronig, Iona Gaïa, Nadia Lazarevic, Vladimir Schrenzel, Jacques Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a case of Mycoplasma genitalium endocarditis in a prosthetic heart valve of a woman who sought care in Switzerland for acute aortic valve dysfunction 3 years after valve replacement. This unusual manifestation of infection with this bacterium was diagnosed using broad-range PCR despite suspicion of a mechanical disinsertion. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10521615/ /pubmed/37735787 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2910.221639 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Ramakrishnan, Gokul
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Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve
title Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve
title_full Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve
title_fullStr Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve
title_full_unstemmed Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve
title_short Mycoplasma genitalium Endocarditis in Prosthetic Aortic Valve
title_sort mycoplasma genitalium endocarditis in prosthetic aortic valve
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10521615/
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