Endocarditis due to an atypical mycobacterium following porcine heart valve replacement.
Following aortic valve replacement with a porcine xenograph, a patient developed endocarditis complicated by a fistula between aorta and right ventricle. The xenograph was replaced by a mechanical valve and the fisutla oversewn. No organisms were cultured but acid-fast bacilli were seen in the aortic wall and excised valve tissue. It is likely that these were contaminants of the porcine prosthesis.
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications