Molecular epidemiology of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in patients from Israel and Eastern Africa

Molecular epidemiology of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in patients from Israel and Eastern Africa

Abstract Background Bartonella quintana is an important cause of culture-negative endocarditis. Although humans have been considered as its only reservoir, recent studies showed that macaque species are also reservoirs of B. quintana. Based on multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) B. quintana strains h...

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Main Authors: Shingo Sato, Lev Shapira, Diana Tasher, Soichi Maruyama, Michael Giladi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bartonella quintana
Endocarditis
ST
MLST
Israel
Eastern Africa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08099-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08099-x

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