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Int J Infect Dis ; 14 Suppl 3: e319-21, 2010 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20932487

ABSTRACT

Infection of intracardiac thrombi is extremely unusual. Coxiella burnetii is a well-recognized etiologic agent of negative-blood culture endocarditis and vascular graft infection. Herein we describe the first reported case, to our knowledge, of C. burnetii infection of a large left-sided intracardiac thrombus that was initially misdiagnosed as an atrial myxoma. Diagnosis was confirmed by direct immunofluorescence assay, electron microscopy, and C. burnetii-specific polymerase chain reaction analysis performed on tissue sections of the thrombus.


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Coronary Thrombosis/diagnosis , Endocarditis, Bacterial/diagnosis , Heart Neoplasms/diagnosis , Myxoma/diagnosis , Q Fever/diagnosis , Coronary Thrombosis/microbiology , Coxiella burnetii/genetics , Coxiella burnetii/immunology , Coxiella burnetii/isolation & purification , Diagnosis, Differential , Diagnostic Errors , Endocarditis, Bacterial/microbiology , Heart Atria , Humans , Male , Middle Aged
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