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SUBMITTER: Plate A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106423 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Plate Andreas A Kohl Thomas A TA Keller Peter M PM Majer Sabine S Fulchini Rosamaria R Strahm Carol C Medugno Cristoforo C Rancic Zoran Z Husmann Lars L Sax Hugo H Niemann Stefan S Hasse Barbara B
Emerging infectious diseases 20180917 9
We describe an aortic endograft infection caused by Mycobacterium chimaera and Granulicatella adiacens, successfully treated with prolonged antimicrobial drug therapy after complete explantation of the infected endoprosthesis and extra-anatomical reconstruction. Whole-genome sequencing analysis did not indicate a close relationship to bacterial strains known to cause infections after cardiac surgery. ...[more]