Bartonella and Coxiella infective endocarditis in Brazil: Molecular evidence from excised valves from a cardiac surgery referral center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998 to 2009

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lamas, Cristiane da Cruz ^a,b   Ramos, Rosana Grandelle ^a   Lopes, Gabriel Quintino ^b   Santos, Marisa Silva ^a   Golebiovski, Wilma Felix ^a   Weksler, Clara ^a   Ferraiuoli, Giovanna Ianini D'Almeida ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^c   Lepidi, Hubert ^c   Raoult, Didier ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIGRANRIO   (Brazil)

^c Unité des Rickettsie   (France)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Heart valve; Infective endocarditis; Polymerase chain reaction; Q fever

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENTEROCOCCUS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII;

ADULT; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; COXIELLA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84872268244     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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