| Bartonella quintana endocarditis as a cause of severe aortic insufficiency and heart failure. | |
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PMID: 23178432 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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We describe the case of a 26-year-old man who developed severe aortic valve insufficiency due to a culturenegative endocarditis, leading to severe heart failure. The diagnosis of Bartonella quintana endocarditis was suspected from the clinical presentation and serological immunofluorescence assay, and was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction analysis of excised valve tissue after aortic valve replacement. The aim of this report is to illustrate B. quintana endocarditis as an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis that presents challenges in its clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic management. |
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Stavros Dimopoulos; Evagelos Eleftherakis; Christos Charitos; Timotheos Sakellaridis; Dimitrios Sinapidis; Evagelos Kostis; Savvas Toumanidis; Eleni Efstathiou |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellēnikē kardiologikē epitheōrēsē Volume: 53 ISSN: 1109-9666 ISO Abbreviation: Hellenic J Cardiol Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101257381 Medline TA: Hellenic J Cardiol Country: Greece |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 476-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Clinical Therapeutics, "Alexandra" Hospital, University of Athens, Greece. |
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