Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella bacilliformis associated with systemic vasculitis: a case report
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Authors
Peñafiel-Sam, JoshuaAlarcón-Guevara, Samuel
Chang-Cabanillas, Sergio
Perez-Medina, Wilkerson
Mendo-Urbina, Fernando
Ordaya-Espinoza, Eloy
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Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella bacilliformis associated with systemic vasculitis: a case report 2017, 50 (5):706 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalJournal
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina TropicalDOI
10.1590/0037-8682-0042-2017Additional Links
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017000500706&lng=en&tlng=enAbstract
Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella bacilliformis is rare. A 64-year-old woman, without previous heart disease, presented with 6 weeks of fever, myalgias, and arthralgias. A systolic murmur was heard on the tricuspid area upon examination, and an echocardiogram showed endocardial lesions in the right atrium. Bartonella bacilliformis was isolated in blood cultures, defining the diagnosis of infective endocarditis using Duke’s criteria. Subsequently, the patient developed clinical and laboratory features compatible with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. This case presents an uncommon complication of B. bacilliformis infection associated with the development of systemic vasculitis.Type
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0037-8682ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1590/0037-8682-0042-2017
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