Bartonella quintanaEndocarditis in a Child
- 15 June 2000
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 342 (24) , 1841-1842
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm200006153422418
Abstract
Blood-culture–negative endocarditis has been described in about 12 percent of children with endocarditis.1 Because of recent diagnostic advances, some of the pathogens responsible for these cases have been identified.Keywords
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