Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Citrate Synthase Gene to DiagnoseBartonella quintanaEndocarditis
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- 7 January 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 112 (1) , 36-40
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcp/112.1.36
Abstract
We describe aortic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana in a 31-year-old man. The diagnosis was made on the basis of polymerase chain reaction amplification of the B quintana citrate synthase gene from cardiac valve tissue, the compatibility of histochemical stains of cardiac valve tissue, and serologic studies.Keywords
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