| Autor: |
Moodley VM; Ampath National Laboratory Services, Cape Town, South Africa. moodleym@ampath.co.za., Zeeman TT, Van Greune CH, Corcoran C |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde [S Afr Med J] 2016 Apr 19; Vol. 106 (5), pp. 470-1. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Apr 19. |
| DOI: |
10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i5.9062 |
| Abstrakt: |
Bartonella spp. was first described as a possible cause of culture-negative endocarditis in 1993, and has since emerged as a significant cause of this condition worldwide. We describe a complicated case of culture-negative endocarditis in an immune-competent male patient, which was confirmed on resected heart valves to have been caused by Bartonella quintana by broad-range 16S ribosomal RNA polymerase chain reaction. The objective of this report is to highlight the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of Bartonella endocarditis. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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