Management of bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis without cardiac surgery

  • Padmasayee Papineni*
  • , Aisling Carroll
  • , Johannes Radvan
  • , Carolyn Hemsley
  • , John Chambers
  • , Nicholas Cortes
  • , Timothy Harrison
  • , John L. Klein
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Two cases of Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis were cured when treated for 2 weeks with gentamicin and 3 months with doxycycline. Clinical cure correlated with decreased Bartonella antibody titers. This report suggests a strategy to monitor, treat, and cure Bartonella prosthetic valve endocarditis.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)861-863
    Number of pages3
    JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
    Volume23
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2017

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