A case report of Mycobacterium abscessus infective endocarditis in rheumatic heart disease
Infective endocarditis owing to Mycobacterium abscessus infection is extremely rare and is usually seen as prosthetic valve endocarditis.A 34-year-old male with rheumatic heart disease presented to us with undiagnosed pyrexia.He had vegetation on anterior Shotgun Slings mitral leaflet, and his blood cultures grew M.abscessus.The patient responded t