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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Papineni, Padmasayee ; Carroll, Aisling ; Radvan, Johannes ; Hemsley, Carolyn ; Chambers, John ; ... More +
Papineni, Padmasayee ; Carroll, Aisling ; Radvan, Johannes ; Hemsley, Carolyn ; Chambers, John ; Cortes, Nicholas ; Harrison, Timothy ; Klein, John L. Less -
Description:
Two cases of Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis were cured when treated for 2 weeks with gentamicin and 3 months with doxycycline. Clinical cure correlated with decreased Bartonella antibody titers. This report suggests a strategy to monitor, treat, and cure Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis.
Subject:
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Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bartonella
Bartonella Infections
Disease Management
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Female
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Treatment Outcome

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 23(5):861-863.
Pubmed ID:
28418306
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC5403028
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:49aa59d3de3681b478b43a4afaf89dd0b4ed62da82b1d43484a52f01594e7ff2
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