Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii Associated with Community-Acquired, Culture-Negative Endocarditis, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia ; Castelli, Jussara Bianchi ; Mansur, Alfredo Jose ; Pereira dos Santos, Fabiana ; Colombo, Silvia ; do Nascimento, Elvira Mendes ; Paddock, Christopher D. ; Brasil, Roosecelis Araújo ; Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira ; Drummond, Marina Rovani ; Grinberg, Max ; Strabelli, Tania Mara Varejao
• Description:
  We evaluated culture-negative, community-acquired endocarditis by using indirect immunofluorescent assays and molecular analyses for Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii and found a prevalence of 19.6% and 7.8%, respectively. Our findings reinforce the need to study these organisms in patients with culture-negative, community-acquired endocarditis, especially B. henselae in cat owners.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Bacterial Bartonella Bartonella Infections Cats Community-Acquired Infections Coxiella Burnetii Endocarditis, Bacterial Female Humans Male Surveys And Questionnaires

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(8):1429-1432.
• Pubmed ID:
  26197233
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4517744
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Dispatch
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:99c8be9e37fb0224b377d823f3f6f84191ed08ddf1033d8e56f2be90b49fba57
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32640/cdc_32640_DS1.pdf
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