Bartonella quintana, an Unrecognized Cause of Infective Endocarditis in Children in Ethiopia
Bartonella quintana endocarditis, a common cause of culture-negative endocarditis in adults, has rarely been reported in children. We describe 5 patients 7–16 years of age from Ethiopia with heart defects and endocarditis; 4 cases were caused by infection with B. quintana and 1 by Bartonella of unde...
Main Authors: | Diana Tasher, Alona Raucher-Sternfeld, Akiva Tamir, Michael Giladi, Eli Somekh |
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格式: | Article |
語言: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2017-08-01
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叢編: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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在線閱讀: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/8/16-1037_article |
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