Echocardiographic diagnosis of an aortic root abscess after Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic valve endocarditis.
A patient with an aortic root abscess complicating Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic endocarditis is described. The correct diagnosis had been made preoperatively by echocardiography and was confirmed subsequently at surgery.
Chow
W H
WH
Department of Medicine, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong.
Leung
W H
WH
Tai
Y T
YT
Lee
W T
WT
Cheung
K L
KL
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001021:Aortic Valve; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging