Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

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 endocar...

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Autores principales: Papineni, Padmasayee, Carroll, Aisling, Radvan, Johannes, Hemsley, Carolyn, Chambers, John, Cortes, Nicholas, Harrison, Timothy, Klein, John L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28418306
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161238

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28418306
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2305.161238

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