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Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis ; 40(9): 1873-1879, 2021 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33829350

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Previous reports have highlighted the high prevalence of blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) in South Africa. The Tygerberg Endocarditis Cohort (TEC) study is an ongoing prospective cohort study of patients with confirmed or suspected IE presenting to Tygerberg Academic Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Current analysis includes patients that presented between November 2019 and August 2020. Forty four (44) patients have been included in this ongoing study. Fourteen of the 44 patients (31.8%) had BCNE. Further analysis of the patients with BCNE identified Bartonella species as the most common causative organism (n=6; 43%). Other causes included Mycoplasma species (n=2). No cause could be identified in 4 of the 44 patients (9%). Bartonella quintana was identified with PCR of valvular tissue as the causative organism in 4 of the 5 patients that underwent urgent surgery. The patients with Bartonella IE (n=6) had an average age of 39 years with equal gender distribution. The common clinical features were clubbing (n=5; 83%), anemia (n=4; 66.6%), haematuria (n=3; 50%), acute on chronic severe regurgitant lesion (n=3; 50%) and acute severe regurgitant lesion (n=2; 33.3%).The aortic valve was involved in 5 of 6 patients. During a mean follow-up period of 251 days after diagnosis, no major adverse events occurred. Bartonella-associated IE is an important cause of BCNE in the Western Cape of South Africa. Imaging findings (in patients with BCNE) of significant valvular destruction with large vegetations on the aortic valve not affected by congenital or rheumatic valve disease should raise the suspicion of Bartonella-associated IE.


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Infecções por Bartonella/complicações , Infecções por Bartonella/epidemiologia , Bartonella/genética , Bartonella/patogenicidade , Endocardite Bacteriana/epidemiologia , Adulto , Valva Aórtica/microbiologia , Bartonella/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Bartonella/isolamento & purificação , Bartonella quintana/genética , Bartonella quintana/patogenicidade , Contagem de Colônia Microbiana , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Prospectivos , África do Sul/epidemiologia
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