Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Feb;8(2):202-3. doi: 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Aortic Valve / surgery
  • Bartonella quintana / genetics
  • Bartonella quintana / immunology
  • Bartonella quintana / isolation & purification*
  • DNA, Bacterial / isolation & purification
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Risk Factors
  • Trench Fever / diagnosis*
  • Trench Fever / microbiology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • DNA, Bacterial