Severe Infective Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella rochalimae

Traver, Edward C.; Saharia, Kapil; Luethy, Paul; Amoroso, Anthony

doi:10.3201/eid3002.230929

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Severe Infective Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella rochalimae

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2 2024
By Traver, Edward C. ; Saharia, Kapil ; Luethy, Paul ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Traver, Edward C. ; Saharia, Kapil ; Luethy, Paul ; Amoroso, Anthony
Description:

A 22-year-old man from Guatemala sought care for subacute endocarditis and mycotic brain aneurysm after living in good health in the United States for 15 months. Bartonella rochalimae, a recently described human and canine pathogen, was identified by plasma microbial cell-free DNA testing. The source of infection is unknown.
Subjects:

Bartonella Brain Endocarditis Endocarditis, Bacterial Humans Male Young Adult
Keywords:

Bacteria Bartonella Rochalimae Endocarditis Next-generation Sequencing
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024; 30(2):394-396
Pubmed ID:

38270167
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC10826779
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

United States ; Guatemala
Volume:

30
Issue:

2
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:20a721b2fca60fc302581d80cc872b60f62aa59364c458973e799e3651ee8548
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