Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana

Klein, John L.; Nair, Sukumaran K.; Harrison, Tim G.; Hunt, Ian; Fry, Norman K.; Friedland, Jon S.

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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana

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Feb 2002
By Klein, John L. ; Nair, Sukumaran K. ; Harrison, Tim G. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Klein, John L. ; Nair, Sukumaran K. ; Harrison, Tim G. ; Hunt, Ian ; Fry, Norman K. ; Friedland, Jon S.
Description:

We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection. Bartonella should be considered as a cause of endocarditis in any clinical setting.
Subjects:

Antibodies, Bacterial Aortic Valve Bartonella Bartonella Quintana Diagnosis, Differential Dispatch DNA, Bacterial Endocarditis Female Heart Valve Prosthesis Humans Middle Aged Prosthesis-Related Infections Prosthetic Heart Valve Risk Factors Trench Fever
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Emerg Infect Dis. 8(2):202-203.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

8
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:19452051f00f79cefc49ea7cc726e43679dc8b549e8bfa5673da49025bba77b4
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