Mycobacterium Wolinskyi: A New Non-Tuberculous Mycobacterium Associated with Cardiovascular Infections?
Marta Hernández‐Meneses, Julian González-Martín, Daiana Agüero, José Marı́a Tolosana, Elena Sandoval, Carlos Falces, Rodolfo San Antonio, Bárbara Vidal, et al. (11 authors)
Infectious Diseases and Therapy · 2021-03
Abstract
Mycobacterium wolinskyi is a rapid-growth non-tuberculous mycobacterium. Twenty-one cases of M. wolinskyi infection have been described so far, more than half as cardiovascular or postoperative cardiothoracic infections. We report the case of a patient with a cardiovascular implantable electronic device infected by M. wolinskyi, successfully treated with device removal and antimicrobials.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Mycobacterium
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Antimicrobial
- Microbiology
- Tuberculosis
- Internal medicine