Fever work-up unfolds a rare diagnosis of native valve endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus

Anita Sharma; Irneet Mundi; Karun Behal; Navreet Kaur; Pooja Singh; Manish Mahant

doi:10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_19_19

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Year : 2019 | Volume : 62 | Issue : 4 | Page : 589-591

Fever work-up unfolds a rare diagnosis of native valve endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus

Anita Sharma¹, Irneet Mundi¹, Karun Behal², Navreet Kaur³, Pooja Singh¹, Manish Mahant⁴
¹ Department of Lab Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
² Department of Cardiology, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
³ Department of Critical Care, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Fortis Hospital, Mohali, Punjab, India

Correspondence Address:
Irneet Mundi
Department of Lab Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Phase 8, Mohali - 160 062, Punjab
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/IJPM.IJPM_19_19

Endocarditis caused by Mycobacterium abscessus is rare and often missed without appropriate blood cultures. It does not respond to standard antitubercular treatment and is also resistant to many other antibiotics. The course of the disease may be indolent and often results in a fatal outcome. Accurate identification and sensitivity, combination therapy, and prolonged duration of antibiotics are, therefore, important for a successful outcome.

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