Chow W H, Leung W H, Tai Y T, Lee W T, Cheung K L
Department of Medicine, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong.
Clin Cardiol. 1991 Mar;14(3):273-5. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960140319.
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.