Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Caused by Bartonella quintana
Open Access
- 1 February 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (2) , 202-203
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010206
Abstract
We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection. Bartonella should be considered as a cause of endocarditis in any clinical setting.Keywords
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