title: First isolation of Bartonella alsatica from a valve of a patient with endocarditis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Université de la Méditerranée, Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France. didier.raoult@medecine.univ-mrs.fr
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.forename: France
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roblot
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Besnier
authors.forename: Joëlle
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Loulergue
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bastides
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Choutet
mesh_terms: 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