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Diagnosis of endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus
We report a fatal case of native valve endocarditis due to Mycobacterium abscessus in a hemodialysis patient. The diagnosis was based on culture isolation of acid-fast bacilli from peripheral blood and a permanent catheter tip, and their identification as M abscessus by a reverse hybridization-based...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941257/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20697162 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0256-4947.67086 |