Abstract
We report the case of a patient hospitalized with endocarditis. The etiological diagnosis of Bartonella was suggested by detection of high titers of antibodies by immunofluorescence and Western blotting. Two different nested PCRs performed on sera identified Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis by sequencing.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Antibodies, Bacterial / blood
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Bartonella / classification
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Bartonella / genetics
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Bartonella / immunology
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Bartonella / isolation & purification*
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Bartonella Infections / diagnosis
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Bartonella Infections / microbiology
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Blood / microbiology
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Culture Media
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
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Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology*
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Humans
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Male
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Molecular Sequence Data
Substances
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Antibodies, Bacterial
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Culture Media