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Case Reports
. 2017 May;23(5):861-863.
doi: 10.3201/eid2305.161238.

Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

Padmasayee Papineni, Aisling Carroll, Johannes Radvan, Carolyn Hemsley, John Chambers, Nicholas Cortes, Timothy Harrison, John L Klein
Case Reports

Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

Padmasayee Papineni et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 May.

Abstract

Two cases of Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis were cured when treated for 2 weeks with gentamicin and 3 months with doxycycline. Clinical cure correlated with decreased Bartonella antibody titers. This report suggests a strategy to monitor, treat, and cure Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis.

Keywords: Bartonella; bacteria; cardiac surgery; case study; endocarditis; prosthetic valve.

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