Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm

We present a case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection presenting with aortic dissection and pseudoaneuysm in a 22-year-old man with a past history of aortic valve replacement. Clinicians should consider M. chimaera infection in those presenting with aortic dissection as a late complication of cardio...

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Autores principales: O’Neil, C R, Taylor, G, Smith, S, Joffe, A M, Antonation, K, Shafran, S, Kunimoto, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy018
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author O’Neil, C R
Taylor, G
Smith, S
Joffe, A M
Antonation, K
Shafran, S
Kunimoto, D
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description We present a case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection presenting with aortic dissection and pseudoaneuysm in a 22-year-old man with a past history of aortic valve replacement. Clinicians should consider M. chimaera infection in those presenting with aortic dissection as a late complication of cardiovascular surgery.
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spelling pubmed-58149692018-02-23 Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm O’Neil, C R Taylor, G Smith, S Joffe, A M Antonation, K Shafran, S Kunimoto, D Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report We present a case of Mycobacterium chimaera infection presenting with aortic dissection and pseudoaneuysm in a 22-year-old man with a past history of aortic valve replacement. Clinicians should consider M. chimaera infection in those presenting with aortic dissection as a late complication of cardiovascular surgery. Oxford University Press 2018-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5814969/ /pubmed/29479551 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy018 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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O’Neil, C R
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Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm
title Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm
title_full Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm
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title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm
title_short Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm
title_sort mycobacterium chimaera infection after aortic valve replacement presenting with aortic dissection and pseudoaneurysm
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29479551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy018
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