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From: Case report of the first cured patient with Mycobacterium Chimaera infection following cardiac valve replacement in the mainland of China

Fig. 1

A Transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) of the patient. The arrows indicate severe perivalvular leakage of the aortic mechanical prosthetic valve. B, C Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CTA) of the patient. Arrows indicate fistula of the noncoronary cusp annulus. D Periprosthetic fistulas connecting the left ventricle and aorta (black arrow) and the previous aortic mechanical prosthetic valve (white arrow). E Genome coverage of detected sequences of Mycobacterium chimaera. F The result of histopathological examination. Arrows show positive Zeihl–Neelsen acid-fast staining results

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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

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