A first Japanese case of Bartonella henselae-induced endocarditis diagnosed by prolonged culture of a specimen from the excised valve

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-176

  Tsuneoka, Hidehiro ^a   Yanagihara, Masashi ^a   Otani, Satoru ^b   Katayama, Yusuke ^b   Fujinami, Hiroko ^b   Nagafuji, Hiroshi ^b   Asari, Sachiko ^b   Nojima, Junzo ^a   Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b IWAKUNI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Endocarditis; Isolation

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESPONSE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPANESE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMURS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 77956588945     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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