title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of an aortic root abscess after Mycobacterium fortuitum prosthetic valve endocarditis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: 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