Native Pulmonic Valve Endocarditis due toMycobacterium fortuitum: A Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

Endocarditis secondary toMycobacterium fortuitumis a rare entity often involving prosthetic valves and rarely native valves. Pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary to any organism is rare. We report the first case of native pulmonic valve endocarditis secondary toM. fortuitumand a literature review of native valveM. fortuitumendocarditis.