Case series of 12 Bartonella quintana endocarditis from the Southwest Indian Ocean.

• Principais autores: Ludivine Sarsiat (Autor), Thomas Garrigos (Autor), Linda Houhamdi (Autor), Olivier Dauwalder (Autor), Barbara Kuli (Autor), Eric Braunberger (Autor), Olivier Belmonte (Autor), Pierre-Edouard Fournier (Autor), Guillaume Miltgen (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Bartonella spp. are fastidious bacteria frequently identified as the cause of blood culture-negative (BCN) endocarditis. However, Bartonella infections are difficult to diagnose in routine laboratory testing and their incidence is probably underestimated. We investigat...