In response to: Sathiakar Paul Collison, Naresh Trehan. Native double-valve endocarditis by mycobacterium fortuitum following percutaneous coronary intervention. J Heart Valve Dis 2006;15:836-838

J Heart Valve Dis. 2007 May;16(3):334; author reply 335.

Authors

Rajeev Soman, Deepak Naphade, G R Kane, Camilla Rodrigues, Vipul Patel, Anala Kulkarn

PMID: 17578059

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Letter

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects
Bacteriological Techniques
Drug Therapy, Combination
Endocarditis / diagnosis
Endocarditis / microbiology*
Endocarditis / therapy
Heart Valve Diseases / diagnosis
Heart Valve Diseases / microbiology*
Heart Valve Diseases / therapy
Humans
Infection Control
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / therapy
Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification
Mycobacterium fortuitum / isolation & purification
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology*
Surgical Wound Infection / therapy