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"Let the Cat Out of the Heart": Clinical Characteristics of Patients Presenting With Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis Due to Bartonella Species

Open Forum Infectious Diseases (2023) 10(7)
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad293
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Patients with blood culture-negative endocarditis due to Bartonella infection frequently presented with fever, cytopenias, kidney failure, and positive PR3-ANCA. Bartonella IgG titers were variable. Patients commonly underwent surgery with overall low mortality.

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Ordaya, E. E., Abu Saleh, O. M., & Mahmood, M. (2023). “Let the Cat Out of the Heart”: Clinical Characteristics of Patients Presenting With Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis Due to Bartonella Species. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad293

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