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Int J Infect Dis
; 17(1): e65-6, 2013 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23219032
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.