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Elsevier, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1(17), p. e65-e66, 2013

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2012.10.009

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Bartonella and Coxiella infective endocarditis in Brazil: Molecular evidence from excised valves from a cardiac surgery referral center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998 to 2009

Journal article published in 2012 by Cristiane da Cruz Lamas, Cristiane da Cruz Lamas ORCID, Rosana Grandelle Ramos, Gabriel Quintino Lopes, Marisa Silva Santos, Wilma Felix Golebiovski, Clara Weksler, Giovanna Ianini D'Almeida Ferraiuoli, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Hubert Lepidi, Didier Raoult
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Abstract

PCR was used to detect Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella spp in heart valves obtained during the period 1998-2009 from patients operated on for blood culture-negative endocarditis in a cardiac surgery hospital in Brazil. Of the 51 valves tested, 10 were PCR-positive; two were positive for Bartonella and one for C. burnetii.