Laboratory Diagnosis of 37 Cases of Bartonella Endocarditis Based on Enzyme Immunoassay and Real-Time PCR-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Laboratory Diagnosis of 37 Cases of Bartonella Endocarditis Based on Enzyme Immunoassay and Real-Time PCR

Published:2021-05-19 Issue:6 Volume:59 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Shapira Lev¹,Rasis Michal¹,Binsky Ehrenreich Inbal²,Maor Yasmin³⁴,Katchman Eugene A.¹⁴⁵,Treves Adi¹,Velan Ariel¹,Halutz Ora⁶,Graidy-Varon Merav⁶,Leibovitch Cecilia⁶,Maisler Noam²,Ephros Moshe⁷⁸,Giladi Michael¹⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. The Bernard Pridan Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

2. DYN Diagnostics, Migdal HaEmeq, Israel

3. Infectious Disease Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel

4. The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

5. Infectious Disease Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

6. Microbiology Laboratory, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

7. Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

8. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Abstract

Bartonella spp., mostly Bartonella quintana and B. henselae , are a common cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Serology using immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and PCR performed on cardiac tissues are the mainstays of diagnosis.

Funder

Israel Innovation Authority- Nofar incentive program

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.02217-20

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