Culture-Positive Bartonella quintana Endocarditis

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作者：

A. Guyot

A. Bakhai

N. Fry

J. Merritt

H. Malnick

T. Harrison

机构：

[1] Department of Diagnostic Bacteriology,

[2] St. Mary's Hospital,undefined

[3] London W2 N1Y,undefined

[4] UK e-mail: drguyot@compuserve.com.uk,undefined

[5] ,undefined

[6] Department of Cardiology,undefined

[7] St. Mary's Hospital,undefined

[8] London W2 N1Y,undefined

[9] UK,undefined

[10] Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory,undefined

[11] PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory,undefined

[12] Colindale,undefined

[13] London,undefined

[14] UK,undefined

[15] Department of Diagnostic Bacteriology,undefined

[16] St. Mary's Hospital,undefined

[17] London W2 N1Y,undefined

[18] UK,undefined

[19] Laboratory for Hospital Infection,undefined

[20] PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory,undefined

[21] Colindale,undefined

[22] London,undefined

[23] UK,undefined

[24] Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory,undefined

[25] PHLS Central Public Health Laboratory,undefined

[26] Colindale,undefined

[27] London,undefined

[28] UK,undefined

来源：

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | 1999年 / 18卷

关键词：

Aortic Valve; Blood Culture; Culture System; Endocarditis; Antimicrobial Therapy;

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摘要：

A 50-year-old alcoholic man with a 1-year history of pyrexia of unknown origin was admitted with symptoms of endocarditis. Large vegetations on his mitral and aortic valve were found on echocardiography. Using the Bactec 9240 system, Bartonella quintana could be grown from two culture sets of blood collected before the start of antimicrobial therapy. This is the first case report of culture-proven bartonella infection in the UK, and is noteworthy because Bartonella quintana was detected in conventional blood culture systems after prolonged incubation.

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