Bartonella quintana, an Unrecognized Cause of Infective Endocarditis in Children in Ethiopia

Bartonella quintana endocarditis, a common cause of culture-negative endocarditis in adults, has rarely been reported in children. We describe 5 patients 7–16 years of age from Ethiopia with heart defects and endocarditis; 4 cases were caused by infection with B. quintana and 1 by Bartonella of unde...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tasher, Diana, Raucher-Sternfeld, Alona, Tamir, Akiva, Giladi, Michael, Somekh, Eli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Synopsis
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28730981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.161037

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5547792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28730981
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2308.161037

Ejemplares similares