First known case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in Sweden

Christian Ehrenborg From the Sections of Infectious Diseases,Correspondence[email protected]

Svante Hagberg Infectious Diseases Clinic, Falu Hospital, Falun

Jakob Aldén Infectious Diseases Clinic, Falu Hospital, Falun

Signar Mäkitalo From the Sections of Infectious Diseases,

Gunnar Myrdal Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala

Erik Larsson Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

Eva Hjelm Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala

Göran Friman From the Sections of Infectious Diseases,

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Abstract

In this report, we present the first known case of Bartonella endocarditis in Sweden. IgG antibody titres to Bartonella spp. were elevated but blood cultures remained negative. Sequencing of a gltA fragment from DNA extracted from heart valve tissue specimens revealed sequence homology with B. quintana.

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