Case report: A prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Legionella bozemanae in an immunocompetent patient

Case report: A prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Legionella bozemanae in an immunocompetent patient

Extrapulmonary infections with Legionella species are rare, but important to acknowledge. We report a case of infective endocarditis (IE) with Legionella bozemanae in a 66-year-old immunocompetent man with an aortic homograft. The diagnosis was made by direct 16S rRNA gene amplification from valve m...

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Main Authors: Mai Sasaki Aanensen Fraz, Gry Dahle, Kirsten Margrete Skaug, Sophie Jarraud, Stephan Frye, Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt, Ingvild Nordøy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
endocarditis
prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE)
molecular diagnostic techniques
blood culture negative endocarditis
Legionella bozemanae
Legionella bozemanii
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1055465/full

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