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Table 1

Summary of previously published cases of M. fortuitum native endocarditis.

Authors	Age	Valves affected	HIV Status	Previous procedure	Outcome
Singh et al. [7]	54	Aortic	Unknown	Hemodialysis	Death
Spell et al. [6]	47	Aortic	Positive	IDU	Death
Kuruvila et al. [8]	20	Mitral	Unknown	Balloon mitral valvotomy	Death
Collison and Trehan [5]	50	Mitral; Aortic	Unknown	Percutaneous coronary intervention and; stent placement	Alive
Our case	49	Aortic; Tricuspid	Negative	IDU	Alive