Endocarditis and cardiac device infection due to
Mycobacterium fortuitum
is a rare entity in the hospital settings. We report a case of pacemaker infection and native valve endocarditis due to
Mycobacterium fortuitum
, which was associated with tricuspid valve vegetation. two days after admission with fever, chills, body aches and swelling around her pacemaker, the patient’s pacing system was surgically removed. The patient was then discharged at day 16 after surgery and treated with a multidrug regimen of azithromycin, levofloxacin, imipenem/cilastatin, and amikacin for six weeks followed by trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole plus doxycycline for a further three months.
Mycobacterium goodii was identified in 1999 as a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria species related to the Mycobacterium smegmatis group isolated from human wound infections. Infection with this organism is exceptionally rare after breast surgery in the absence of a prosthetic implant.The authors present a case of breast infections with M. goodii after a reduction mammaplasty.
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