Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series

Organisms in the genus Bartonella are cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis. Bartonella infective endocarditis is being increasingly reported worldwide; however, reports from Japan are limited. Here, we report five cases of infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae. All patie...

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Autores principales: Nakasu, Akio, Ishimine, Tohru, Yasumoto, Hiroshi, Tengan, Toshiho, Mototake, Hidemistu
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.04.011
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author Nakasu, Akio
Ishimine, Tohru
Yasumoto, Hiroshi
Tengan, Toshiho
Mototake, Hidemistu
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description Organisms in the genus Bartonella are cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis. Bartonella infective endocarditis is being increasingly reported worldwide; however, reports from Japan are limited. Here, we report five cases of infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae. All patients had a history of contact with cats or fleas; this information helped achieve an appropriate diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-60109762018-06-25 Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series Nakasu, Akio Ishimine, Tohru Yasumoto, Hiroshi Tengan, Toshiho Mototake, Hidemistu IDCases Article Organisms in the genus Bartonella are cause of blood culture-negative endocarditis. Bartonella infective endocarditis is being increasingly reported worldwide; however, reports from Japan are limited. Here, we report five cases of infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae. All patients had a history of contact with cats or fleas; this information helped achieve an appropriate diagnosis. Elsevier 2018-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6010976/ /pubmed/29942769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.04.011 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series
title_fullStr Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series
title_full_unstemmed Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series
title_short Infective endocarditis associated with Bartonella henselae: A case series
title_sort infective endocarditis associated with bartonella henselae: a case series
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010976/
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