Open AccessBartonella Quintanaprosthetic aortitis successfully treated with doxycycline
Author(s) -
Zaal Meher-Homji,
Stephen Graves,
Jason A Trubiano,
Natasha E Holmes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-229877
Subject(s) - doxycycline , aortitis , medicine , bartonella , bartonella henselae , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , virology , aorta , immunology , biology , serology , antibody
Bartonella quintana is a rare cause of culture-negative endovascular infection, characterised by intracellular persistence. We describe a case of ascending aortic prosthetic graft infection due to B. quintana , in a patient with past unrecognised necrotising aortitis, which was successfully treated with doxycycline monotherapy.