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Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana

We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection. Bartonella should be considered as a cause of endocarditis in any clinical setting.

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Autores principales: Klein, John L., Nair, Sukumaran K., Harrison, Tim G., Hunt, Ian, Fry, Norman K., Friedland, Jon S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11897074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010206
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author Klein, John L.
Nair, Sukumaran K.
Harrison, Tim G.
Hunt, Ian
Fry, Norman K.
Friedland, Jon S.
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description We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection. Bartonella should be considered as a cause of endocarditis in any clinical setting.
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spelling pubmed-27324462009-09-16 Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana Klein, John L. Nair, Sukumaran K. Harrison, Tim G. Hunt, Ian Fry, Norman K. Friedland, Jon S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection. Bartonella should be considered as a cause of endocarditis in any clinical setting. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2732446/ /pubmed/11897074 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010206 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Klein, John L.
Nair, Sukumaran K.
Harrison, Tim G.
Hunt, Ian
Fry, Norman K.
Friedland, Jon S.
Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
title Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
title_full Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
title_fullStr Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
title_full_unstemmed Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
title_short Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
title_sort prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by bartonella quintana
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2732446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11897074
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010206
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