title: Bartonella and Coxiella infective endocarditis in Brazil: molecular evidence from excised valves from a cardiac surgery referral center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998 to 2009.
abstract: PCR was used to detect Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella spp in heart valves obtained during the period 1998-2009 from patients operated on for blood culture-negative endocarditis in a cardiac surgery hospital in Brazil. Of the 51 valves tested, 10 were PCR-positive; two were positive for Bartonella and one for C. burnetii.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, Rua das Laranjeiras 374, 7o andar (CCIH), Rio de Janeiro, 22240-006, Brazil. cristianelamas@gmail.com
authors.forename: Cristiane da Cruz
authors.initials: Cda C
authors.lastname: Lamas
authors.forename: Rosana Grandelle
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Gabriel Quintino
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Marisa Silva
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Wilma Felix
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Golebiovski
authors.forename: Clara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weksler
authors.forename: Giovanna Ianini D'Almeida
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Ferraiuoli
authors.forename: Pierre-Edouard
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lepidi
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001473:Bartonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001474:Bartonella Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D003381:Coxiella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction