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Case Reports
. 2002 Feb;8(2):202-3.
doi: 10.3201/eid0802.010206.

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana

John L Klein  1 , Sukumaran K Nair, Tim G Harrison, Ian Hunt, Norman K Fry, Jon S Friedland
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Case Reports

Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana

John L Klein et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Feb.

Abstract

We describe the first case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis affecting a prosthetic valve in a person with no known risk factors for this infection. Bartonella should be considered as a cause of endocarditis in any clinical setting.

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