CULTURE-NEGATIVE ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY BARTONELLA-HENSELAE

Authors
BAORTO E PAYNE RM SLATER LN LOPEZ F RELMAN DA MIN KW STGEME JW
Citation
E. Baorto et al., CULTURE-NEGATIVE ENDOCARDITIS CAUSED BY BARTONELLA-HENSELAE, The Journal of pediatrics, 132(6), 1998, pp. 1051-1054
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
132
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1051 - 1054
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1998)132:6<1051:CECBB>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 4-year-old girl presented with clinical evidence of infective endoca rditis involving her aortic valve, but blood cultures were sterile. Se rologic studies and analysis of resected valve by immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction established the diagnosis of Bartonella henselae endocarditis. Clinicians should be aware that B. henselae ca n cause apparent culture-negative endocarditis in children.