CULTURE-NEGATIVE ENDOCARDITIS - CONTRIBUTION OF BARTONELLA INFECTIONS

Authors
BREATHNACH AS HOARE JM EYKYN SJ
Citation
As. Breathnach et al., CULTURE-NEGATIVE ENDOCARDITIS - CONTRIBUTION OF BARTONELLA INFECTIONS, HEART, 77(5), 1997, pp. 474-476
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
HEART → ACNP
ISSN journal
13556037
Volume
77
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
474 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
1355-6037(1997)77:5<474:CE-COB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Two cases of bartonella endocarditis are described: one in a 55 year o ld homeless alcoholic man, caused by Bartonella quintana; the other in a 41 year old male with a history of exposure to cat fleas, caused by B henselae. Serological testing and polymerase chain reaction of the excised valves were used to identify the organisms. False positive ser ology for chlamydia was detected in one case.