Diagnosis of 22 new cases of Bartonella endocarditis
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The Bartonella species of bacteria may be responsible for a significant number of infections of the heart and its valves. Researchers analyzed the blood of 22 patients from France, England, Canada, and South Africa with endocarditis, an infection of the inner layer of the heart. All 22 patients were diagnosed with endocarditis, with five infected with Bartonella quintana, four with B. henselae, and 13 with other Bartonella infections. Nineteen patients had heart valve surgery; six patients died. Risk factors included homelessness, alcoholism, and owning cats.
Publication Name: Annals of Internal Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4819
Year: 1996
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Case 5-2007: A 53-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve and recent onset of fatigue, dyspnea, weight loss, and sweats
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A case study of a 53-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve is presented who was admitted to the hospital due to onset of fatigue, dyspnea, weight loss and sweats. The patient was diagnosed with blood culture-negative infectious endocarditis due to C. burnetti or bartonella species and was recommended treatment of antibiotics like moxifloxacin initially followed by doxycycline plus chloroquine for 18 months to 3 years.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2007
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Rickettsia africae, a tick-borne pathogen in travelers to sub-Saharan Africa
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Rickettsia africae appears to be the cause of many tick-borne rickettsial diseases in Africa. This organism was not discovered until 1992 and until then, all tick-borne rickettsial diseases in Europe and Africa were thought to be caused by Rickettsia conorii.
Publication Name: The New England Journal of Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0028-4793
Year: 2001
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