Bartonella and Coxiella infective endocarditis in Brazil: molecular evidence from excised valves from a cardiac surgery referral center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998 to 2009

Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;17(1):e65-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.10.009. Epub 2012 Dec 3.

Abstract

PCR was used to detect Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella spp in heart valves obtained during the period 1998-2009 from patients operated on for blood culture-negative endocarditis in a cardiac surgery hospital in Brazil. Of the 51 valves tested, 10 were PCR-positive; two were positive for Bartonella and one for C. burnetii.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bartonella / isolation & purification*
  • Bartonella Infections / diagnosis
  • Bartonella Infections / epidemiology*
  • Bartonella Infections / immunology
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Child
  • Coxiella / isolation & purification*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / epidemiology*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / immunology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / immunology
  • Heart Valves / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction