Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

Papineni, Padmasayee; Carroll, Aisling; Radvan, Johannes; Hemsley, Carolyn; Chambers, John; Cortes, Nicholas; Harrison, Timothy; Klein, John L.

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Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

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May 2017
By Papineni, Padmasayee ; Carroll, Aisling ; Radvan, Johannes ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Papineni, Padmasayee ; Carroll, Aisling ; Radvan, Johannes ; Hemsley, Carolyn ; Chambers, John ; Cortes, Nicholas ; Harrison, Timothy ; Klein, John L.
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.
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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
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Emerg Infect Dis. 23(5):861-863.
Pubmed ID:

28418306
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5403028
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Journal Article
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23
Issue:

5
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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