Association of Bartonella spp bacteremia with Chagas cardiomyopathy, endocarditis and arrythmias in patients from South America

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 644-651

  Correa F G ^a   Pontes, C L S ^a   Verzola, R M M ^a   Mateos, J C P ^b   Velho, P E N F ^c   Schijman, A G ^d   Selistre de Araujo, H S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Bartonella spp; Chagas disease; Endocarditis; Human; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA 16S;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA;

EID: 84864153455     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500082     Document Type: Article

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