Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

Two cases of Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis were cured when treated for 2 weeks with gentamicin and 3 months with doxycycline. Clinical cure correlated with decreased Bartonella antibody titers. This report suggests a strategy to monitor, treat, and cure Bartonella prosthetic valve endocar...

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Main Authors: Padmasayee Papineni, Aisling Carroll, Johannes Radvan, Carolyn Hemsley, John Chambers, Nicholas Cortes, Timothy Harrison, John L. Klein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-05-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bartonella
endocarditis
cardiac surgery
prosthetics
case study
prosthetic valve
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1238_article

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