Culture-Negative Endocarditis Due to Houston Complex Bartonella henselae Acquired in Noumea, New Caledonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1846-1848

  Rodrick, Dani ^a   Dillon, Belinda ^b   Dexter, Mark ^a   Nicholson, Ian ^d   Marcel, Sebastien ^f   Dickeson, David ^c   Iredell, Jon ^b,e  

^a Ramsay Health Care Westmead Private Hospital   (Australia)

^b Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology   (Australia)

^c Western Sydney Area Health Service   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Service de Neurologie   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA 16S; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METARAMINOL; NORADRENALIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEW CALEDONIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 11144224767     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1846-1848.2004     Document Type: Article

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