Bartonella quintana Endocarditis of the Aortic Valve: First case report in Turkey

ÖZGER H. S., Gulmez Z. D., Celebi B., AKDEMİR KALKAN İ., DİZBAY M.

GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.31, no.2, pp.206-208, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 31 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.12996/gmj.2020.54
  • Journal Name: GAZI MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier
  • Page Numbers: pp.206-208
  • Keywords: Bartonella quintana, Endocarditis, Serology, DNA sequence amplification, HENSELAE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Endocarditis caused by Bartonella strains has been increasingly reported. While a few sporadic case reports associated with B. henselae were published in Turkey, no endocarditis cases caused by Bartonella spp. have been reported yet. Herein, a case of first B. quintana endocarditis in Turkey, diagnosed using molecular methods, was presented.