Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii: Experience at a Cardiology Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1078, Issue , 2006, Pages 215-222

  Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia ^a,c   Strabelli, Tânia Mara ^a   Zeigler, Rogério ^a   Rodrigues, Cristhieni ^a   Castelli, Jussara Bianchi ^a   Grinberg, Max ^a   Colombo, Silvia ^b   Da Silva, Luiz Jacintho ^b   Do Nascimento, Elvira Maria Mendes ^b   Dos Santos, Fabiana Cristina Pereira ^b   Uip, David Everson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Blood culture negative endocarditis; Coxiella burnetti; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BRAZIL; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; COXIELLA BURNETII;

EID: 33845720330     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1374.123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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