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Bartonella Endocarditis: A Missed Diagnosis in Medical Practice

Here, we present the case of a 52-year-old patient who presented with fever, chills, and weight loss. Further workup revealed Bartonella endocarditis of the aortic valve. After six weeks of antibiotics, a follow-up transthoracic echocardiogram showed a decrease in the size of vegetation. Serologic t...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Yixin, Verdecia, Jorge, Mgbemena, Okechukwu, Ravi, Malleswari, Sands, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8647862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900484
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.19309