Culture-Negative Endocarditis in an Immunocompromised Patient: A Case of Suspected Bartonella and Coxiella Co-Infection

We present the case of a 23-year-old man with a previous deceased-donor renal transplant maintained on tacrolimus and prednisone who developed culture-negative endocarditis (CNE) of the mitral and aortic valves. He was suspected of being co-infected with Bartonella henselae and Coxiella burnetii, co...

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Autores principales: Swarath, Steven, Maharaj, Nicole, Kawall, Tiffany, Seecheran, Rajeev, Seecheran, Valmiki, Giddings, Stanley, Seecheran, Naveen Anand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37559398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23247096231192811
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Sumario:We present the case of a 23-year-old man with a previous deceased-donor renal transplant maintained on tacrolimus and prednisone who developed culture-negative endocarditis (CNE) of the mitral and aortic valves. He was suspected of being co-infected with Bartonella henselae and Coxiella burnetii, confirmed with serology testing. He was successfully managed with appropriate antibiotics and dual valve replacement.

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