A case of infection related to an indwelling catheter placed for the treatment of chronic symptoms attributed to Lyme disease.

has only rarely been reported to cause invasive disease in humans. Previously reported cases of infection have included prosthetic joint infections, pacemaker pocket infections, and pneumonia. We present a case of bacteremia with concomitant pulmonary septic emboli that developed in a 32-year-old woman with an indwelling central venous catheter (CVC).

mitral valve endocarditis and septic arthritis: the challenges of diagnosing rat-bite fever endocarditis.

, the cause of rat-bite fever (RBF) in the United States, has rarely been reported as a cause of infectious endocarditis. In the majority of previously reported cases, the diagnosis was clinically- based in patients with underlying valvular abnormalities in the setting of positive blood culture for . We report a case of native valve endocarditis secondary to in a woman with a mitral valve vegetation but negative blood cultures where the diagnosis was established using molecular diagnostics on the valvular tissue.

Mycobacterium fortuitum empyema associated with an indwelling pleural catheter: Case report and review of the literature.

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing mycobacterium (RGM) that is an uncommon cause of healthcare-associated infections. The most common infections caused by M. fortuitum include skin, soft tissue, and catheter-related infections.