A first Japanese case of Bartonella henselae-induced endocarditis diagnosed by prolonged culture of a specimen from the excised valve.
Bartonella henselae, the causative agent of cat scratch disease, is increasingly recognized as a cause of culture-negative endocarditis. This report describes the first Japanese case, which was diagnosed after a prolonged culture of the excised aortic valve. High IgG and IgM titers to B. henselae pointed to a subacute course of the disease.
Tsuneoka
Hidehiro
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Department of Basic Laboratory Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1-1 Minami-Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. htsune@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Yanagihara
Masashi
M
Otani
Satoru
S
Katayama
Yusuke
Y
Fujinami
Hiroko
H
Nagafuji
Hiroshi
H
Asari
Sachiko
S
Nojima
Junzo
J
Ichihara
Kiyoshi
K
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002372:Cat-Scratch Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006333:Heart Failure; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S