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Case series of 12 Bartonella quintana endocarditis from the Southwest Indian Ocean.

Ludivine SarsiatThomas GarrigosLinda HouhamdiOlivier DauwalderBarbara KuliEric BraunbergerOlivier BelmontePierre-Edouard FournierGuillaume Miltgen
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2023)
Bartonella quintana is an important cause of infective endocarditis in the Comoros archipelago and should be suspected in patients with mitral valve dysfunction and BCN from this area.
Keyphrases
  • mitral valve
  • left atrial
  • left ventricular
  • pulmonary embolism
  • oxidative stress
  • heart failure