title: Bartonella henselae endocarditis of percutaneously implanted pulmonary valve: a case report.
abstract: Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has revolutionized the management of right ventricular outflow tract dysfunction after repaired congenital heart disease. The technology is considered to be safe, with a relatively low complication rate. Infection is one of the described complications of PPVI, and to date five cases of culture-positive infective endocarditis of percutaneously implanted pulmonary valve have been reported worldwide. Herein is reported the first ever case of culture-negative endocarditis of a percutaneously implanted pulmonary valve, caused by Bartonella henselae, five years after implantation in a 15-year-old patient with a repaired truncus arteriosus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Iryna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Atamanyuk
authors.forename: Shahzad G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kostolny
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014338:Truncus Arteriosus / Q000601:surgery; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents