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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...
Autores principales: | Al-Benwan, Khalifa, Ahmad, Suhail, Mokaddas, Eiman, Johny, Molly, Kapoor, Madan M. |
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Formato: | Texto |
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 |
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