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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spelling	doaj-f5d05e700d8848a495dbc76c60a752232020-11-25T02:34:01ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592017-05-0123586186310.3201/eid2305.161238Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac SurgeryPadmasayee PapineniAisling CarrollJohannes RadvanCarolyn HemsleyJohn ChambersNicholas CortesTimothy HarrisonJohn L. KleinTwo 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 endocarditis.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1238_articleBartonellaendocarditiscardiac surgeryprostheticscase studyprosthetic valve
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spellingShingle	Padmasayee Papineni Aisling Carroll Johannes Radvan Carolyn Hemsley John Chambers Nicholas Cortes Timothy Harrison John L. Klein Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery Emerging Infectious Diseases Bartonella endocarditis cardiac surgery prosthetics case study prosthetic valve
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title	Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery
title_short	Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery
title_full	Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery
title_fullStr	Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery
title_full_unstemmed	Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery
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publisher	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
series	Emerging Infectious Diseases
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publishDate	2017-05-01
description	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 endocarditis.
topic	Bartonella endocarditis cardiac surgery prosthetics case study prosthetic valve
url	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/5/16-1238_article
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Management of Bartonella Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis without Cardiac Surgery

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