Open AccessBartonella quintana as a cause for prosthetic valve endocarditis and post-sternotomy mediastinitis
Author(s) -
Nienke L. Plantinga,
Roemer J. Vos,
Lyuba Georgieva,
Nienke Roescher
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
access microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2516-8290
DOI - 10.1099/acmi.0.000217
Subject(s) - bartonella , endocarditis , mediastinitis , medicine , bartonellosis , surgery , bartonella henselae , virology , immunology , serology , antibody
An otherwise healthy patient, with minimal clinical, biochemical and peroperative signs of infection, was diagnosed with Bartonella quintana prosthetic valve endocarditis by 16S PCR. The patient subsequently developed a post-sternotomy mediastinitis and Bartonella quintana was the only detected pathogen. Bartonella quintana can cause severe infections in individuals not classically at risk, and may be missed in the routine diagnostic work-up of endocarditis.