Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm | Zendy

Conar O’Neil | Zendy; G. Taylor | Zendy; Stephanie Smith | Zendy; A. Mark Joffe | Zendy; Kym Antonation | Zendy; Stephen D. Shafran | Zendy; Dennis Kunimoto | Zendy

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Mycobacterium chimaera Infection After Aortic Valve Replacement Presenting With Aortic Dissection and Pseudoaneurysm

Author(s) -

Conar O’Neil,

G. Taylor,

Stephanie Smith,

A. Mark Joffe,

Kym Antonation,

Stephen D. Shafran,

Dennis Kunimoto

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy018

Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , pseudoaneurysm , aortic valve replacement , surgery , aortic valve , chimera (genetics) , complication , mycobacterium infections , aortitis , mycobacterium , cardiology , aorta , pathology , stenosis , tuberculosis , gene , biochemistry , chemistry

We present a case of infection presenting with aortic dissection and pseudoaneuysm in a 22-year-old man with a past history of aortic valve replacement. Clinicians should consider infection in those presenting with aortic dissection as a late complication of cardiovascular surgery.

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