Abstract
Mycobacterium chelonae, a species of rapidly growing mycobacteria, may grow in routine blood culture media and stain as gram-positive bacilli, which may cause diagnostic confusion. A patient with native-valve endocarditis caused by M. chelonae, which was misidentified as various gram-positive bacilli, is presented.
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Bacillus / isolation & purification
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Bacteriological Techniques
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Diagnostic Errors*
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
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Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
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Mycobacterium chelonae / isolation & purification*