Repath F, Seabury J H, Sanders C V, Domer J
South Med J. 1976 Sep;69(9):1244-6. doi: 10.1097/00007611-197609000-00045.
Starr-Edwards mitral and aortic prosthetic valves served as nidi for endocarditis due to M chelonei. Cultural, physiologic, lipid chromatographic, and serologic studies identified the organism as M chelonei (abscessus).