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Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Bartonella quintana in a patient during immunosuppressive therapies for collagen vascular diseases |
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| Authors: | Yamada Yuki Ohkusu Kiyofumi Yanagihara Masashi Tsuneoka Hidehiro Ezaki Takayuki Tsuboi Junichi Okabayashi Hitoshi Suwabe Akira |
| Institution: | Department of Laboratory Medicine, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan. yuyamada@iwate-med.ac.jp |
| Abstract: | Bartonella quintana, known to cause various clinical symptoms, is increasingly recognized as one important cause of culture-negative endocarditis. We report a case of infectious endocarditis with B. quintana on the prosthetic valve, accompanied by proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive collagen vascular disease-like symptoms 1 year earlier. |
| Keywords: | Bartonella quintana Proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody Blood culture-negative infectious endocarditis |
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