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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2001, p. 3417-3419, Vol. 39, No. 9
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3417-3419.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Native Valve Endocarditis Due to Bartonella henselae in a Middle-Aged Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Negative Woman

Guy R. De La Rosa,1 Ben J. Barnett,1,* Charles D. Ericsson,1 and Jeffrey B. Turk2

Departments of Infectious Diseases1 and Internal Medicine,2 The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas

Received 28 November 2000/Returned for modification 23 April 2001/Accepted 7 July 2001

We report the case of a human immunodeficiency virus-negative woman who developed native valve endocarditis of the aortic valve due to Bartonell henselae infection. The diagnosis was established using serology and PCR analysis of excised aortic valve tissue.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, 6431 Fannin St., Room 1.728 JFB, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: (713) 500-6757. Fax: (713) 500-5495. E-mail: Ben.J.Barnett{at}uth.tmc.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2001, p. 3417-3419, Vol. 39, No. 9
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3417-3419.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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