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. 2024 Jan 17;62(1):e0040223.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.00402-23. Epub 2024 Jan 17.

The Brief Case: Bartonella quintana aortic and mitral valve endocarditis identified through 16S rRNA sequencing

Andrew R Motzer  1 , Steven Mudroch  2 , Sara Schultz  2 , Kaede V Sullivan  3 , Eric Altneu  2
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The Brief Case: Bartonella quintana aortic and mitral valve endocarditis identified through 16S rRNA sequencing

Andrew R Motzer et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
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Keywords: 16S rRNA sequencing; Bartonella quintana; endocarditis.

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(A) Transthoracic echocardiogram in parasternal long axis view reveals thickened aortic valve leaflets with a mobile 14 × 7 mm mass on the ventricular side, to the left of the yellow arrow. (B) Three surgically resected cusps of the resected aortic valve, each with a black asterisk superimposed. Surgically debrided vegetations from the mitral valve are visible to the right of the yellow bracket. Ruler indicates scale (in cm) on the right border of the image.
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