First known case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-75

  Ehrenborg, Christian ^a   Hagberg, Svante ^b   Alden, Jakob ^b   Makitalo, Signar ^a   Myrdal, Gunnar ^a   Larsson, Erik ^a   Hjelm, Eva ^a   Friman, Goran ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q ANTIBODY; CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; GLTA PROTEIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART MURMUR; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; NIGHT SWEAT; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWEDEN; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AORTIC VALVE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; SWEDEN; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 58049213905     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802477889     Document Type: Article

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