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Native valve endocarditis caused by rapidly growing mycobacteria: Case report and review of the literature

Vicente Corrales‐Medina, Ronald Concha, Jacques Simkins, Mayra Sanchez, Gio Baracco

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2007 · 18 citations · 6 references

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Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are included in group IV of Runyon's classification for mycobacteria [1]. Out of the more than 40 species of RGM, only few have clinical relevance. Those with the...

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Pacemaker infection due to Mycobacterium fortuitum

Sunita Sharma, Imad M. Tleyjeh, Raúl E. Espinosa et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2005 · 50 citations

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Neurologic manifestations of disseminated infection with <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i>

David S. Liebeskind, Nora Ostrzega, Claude G. Wasterlain et al. · Neurology · 2001 · 36 citations

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Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Resulting in Endocarditis

Karin Galil, Robert L. Thurer, Kathryn A. Glatter et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 1996 · 27 citations · Full text

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Endocarditis due to a rapidly growing chromogenic Mycobacterium.

Geraci Je, María del Rosario Pascual Anderson, Karlson Ag · PubMed · 1968 · 26 citations

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Mycobacterium fortuitum endocarditis in a patient with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis

Mahendra Singh, A. Bofinger, Gregory Cave et al. · Pathology · 1992 · 24 citations

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