First isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a valve of a patient with endocarditis.
We report the first documented case of endocarditis in a man infected with Bartonella alsatica, which causes bacteremia in healthy wild rabbits. B. alsatica was identified by serology and culture and by PCR of an aortic valve specimen. B. alsatica should be added to the list of zoonotic agents of blood culture-negative endocarditis.
Raoult
Didier
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Université de la Méditerranée, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France. didier.raoult@medecine.univ-mrs.fr
Roblot
France
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Rolain
Jean-Marc
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Besnier
Jean-Marc
JM
Loulergue
Joëlle
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Bastides
Frédéric
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Choutet
Patrick
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D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology*; D001473:Bartonella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male