Bartonella henselae Endocarditis in Laos – ‘The Unsought Will Go Undetected’

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Rattanavong, Sayaphet ^a   Fournier, Pierre Edouard ^b   Chu, Vang ^a   Frichitthavong, Khamthavy ^a   Kesone, Pany ^a   Mayxay, Mayfong ^a,c,d   Mirabel, Mariana ^e,f,g   Newton, Paul N ^a,d  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e PARIS CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^g HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; STOMACH PERFORATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMPLICATION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEMANGIOMATOSIS; LAOS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANGIOMATOSIS, BACILLARY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84928263065     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003385     Document Type: Article

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