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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, p. 3540-3543, Vol. 46, No. 10
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01032-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Detection of Borrelia bissettii in Cardiac Valve Tissue of a Patient with Endocarditis and Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Czech Republic{triangledown}

Nataliia Rudenko,1,2* Maryna Golovchenko,1,2 Ales Mokrácek,3 Natalja Piskunová,4 Daniel Ruzek,1,2 Nadja Mallatová,4 and Libor Grubhoffer1,2

Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR,1 Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budejovice,2 Department of Cardiosurgery,3 Department of Medical Genetics, Hospital Ceské Budejovice, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic4

Received 30 May 2008/ Returned for modification 2 July 2008/ Accepted 13 July 2008

Molecular analysis of a clinical sample confirmed the presence of Borrelia bissettii DNA in cardiac valve tissue from a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis. This evidence strongly supports the involvement of B. bissettii in Lyme disease in Europe.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biology Centre, Institute of Parasitology AS CR and Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budejovice, Branisovská 31, 37005, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic. Phone: 420 387775446. Fax: 420 385310388. E-mail: natasharudenko{at}hotmail.com

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 23 July 2008.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2008, p. 3540-3543, Vol. 46, No. 10
0095-1137/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01032-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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