title: Aortic valve endocarditis with Bartonella quintana - a rare entity.
abstract: Endocarditis caused by Bartonella species is difficult to diagnose and still remains a rare entity. Therefore, a young male patient undergoing aortic valve replacement for culture-negative endocarditis is reported in whom the diagnosis of a Bartonella quintana infection was made with a great delay postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Aachen, Germany. schristiansen@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fehske
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Autschbach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D018413:Bartonella quintana / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy