Bartonella quintana as a cause for prosthetic valve endocarditis and post-sternotomy mediastinitis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Bartonella quintana as a cause for prosthetic valve endocarditis and post-sternotomy mediastinitis

Author:

Plantinga Nienke L.¹^ORCID,Vos Roemer J.²,Georgieva Lyuba³,Roescher Nienke⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

3. Department of Internal Medicine, Beatrix Hospital, Gorinchem, The Netherlands

4. Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands

Abstract

An otherwise healthy patient, with minimal clinical, biochemical and peroperative signs of infection, was diagnosed with

Bartonella quintana

prosthetic valve endocarditis by 16S PCR. The patient subsequently developed a post-sternotomy mediastinitis and

Bartonella quintana

was the only detected pathogen.

Bartonella quintana

can cause severe infections in individuals not classically at risk, and may be missed in the routine diagnostic work-up of endocarditis.

Publisher

Microbiology Society

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