"Let the Cat Out of the Heart": Clinical Characteristics of Patients Presenting With Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis Due to Bartonella Species.

Eloy E Ordaya Omar M Abu Saleh Maryam Mahmood

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)

Patients with blood culture-negative endocarditis due to Bartonella infection frequently presented with fever, cytopenias, kidney failure, and positive PR3-ANCA. Bartonella IgG titers were variable. Patients commonly underwent surgery with overall low mortality.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
minimally invasive
newly diagnosed
heart failure
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
coronary artery bypass
risk factors
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
patient reported outcomes
atrial fibrillation
cardiovascular disease
acute coronary syndrome