Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University and University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
J Clin Microbiol. 2013 Jun;51(6):1769-73. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00435-13. Epub 2013 Mar 27.
Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) due to fast-growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has been reported anecdotally. Reports of PVE with slowly growing NTM, however, are lacking. We present here one case of PVE and one case of bloodstream infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera. Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD)-PCR indicated a relatedness of the two M. chimaera strains. Both patients had heart surgery 2 years apart from each other. A nosocomial link was not detected.
据报道,由快速生长型非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)引起的人工瓣膜心内膜炎(PVE)偶有发生。然而,由生长缓慢型 NTM 引起的 PVE 报告却很少。我们在此介绍了一例由棘曼氏分枝杆菌引起的 PVE 和一例血流感染。随机扩增多态性 DNA(RAPD)-PCR 表明两株棘曼氏分枝杆菌具有相关性。两名患者均在相隔 2 年的时间进行了心脏手术。未发现医院感染的关联。