Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis With Mycobacterium Fortuitum: Antibiotics Alone Can Be Curative.

Rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RGM) are a rare, often fatal cause of infective endocarditis. Although surgery has been the cornerstone of RGM endocarditis therapy, we present the first documented adult case of Mycobacterium fortuitum endocarditis cured with antibiotic therapy.