Bartonella henselae endocarditis in an elderly patient

Marina Rovani Drummond; Amanda Roberta de Almeida; Letícia Valandro; Maria Helena Postal Pavan; Raquel Silveira Bello Stucchi; Francisco Hideo Aoki; Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008376

Bartonella henselae endocarditis in an elderly patient

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jul 30;14(7):e0008376. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008376. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Marina Rovani Drummond¹, Amanda Roberta de Almeida¹, Letícia Valandro², Maria Helena Postal Pavan³, Raquel Silveira Bello Stucchi³, Francisco Hideo Aoki³, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Applied Research in Dermatology and Bartonella Infection Laboratory, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
² Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Campinas (UNICAMP) Medical School, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Bartonella henselae / isolation & purification*
Cat-Scratch Disease / diagnosis*
Cat-Scratch Disease / microbiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / microbiology
Humans
Male

Grants and funding

This work was supported by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) grant #159717/2013-2 (MRD) and #301900/2015-9 (PENFV). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.