Bartonella native valve endocarditis: The first Brazilian case alive and well

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 591-594

  Lamas, Christiane ^a,b   Favacho, A ^a   Ramos, R G ^a   Santos, M S ^a   Ferravoli, G I ^a   Weksler, C ^a   Rozental, T ^a   Boia M N ^a   Lemos, E R S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella spp.; Blood culture negative infective endocarditis; Indirect immunofluorescence; Infective endocarditis; Rheumatic heart disease; Serology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CAPTOPRIL; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANEMIA; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART PACING; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 41149143050     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000600012     Document Type: Article

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