The utility of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with computed tomography in Mycobacterium chimaera endocarditis: a case series.

The management of M. chimaera infective endocarditis is challenging, often with delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes. In the context of negative blood cultures and inconclusive echocardiograms where there remains a high index of suspicion for endocarditis, FDG PET CT scanning can be a crucial diagnostic importance and should be considered early in patients with prosthetic valves.