title: Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.
abstract: Molecular analysis of a clinical sample confirmed the presence of Borrelia bissettii DNA in cardiac valve tissue from a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis. This evidence strongly supports the involvement of B. bissettii in Lyme disease in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budejovice, Branisovská 31, 37005, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. natasharudenko@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nataliia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rudenko
authors.forename: Maryna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Golovchenko
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mokrácek
authors.forename: Natalja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piskunová
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ruzek
authors.forename: Nadja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mallatová
authors.forename: Libor
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grubhoffer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis; D001898:Borrelia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018153:Czech Republic; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005408:Flagellin