Infective endocarditis due to Bartonella bacilliformis is rare. A 64-year-old woman, without previous heart disease, presented with 6 weeks of fever, myalgias, and arthralgias. A systolic murmur was heard on the tricuspid area upon examination, and an echocardiogram showed endocardial lesions in the right atrium. Bartonella bacilliformis was isolated in blood cultures, defining the diagnosis of infective endocarditis using Duke’s criteria. Subsequently, the patient developed clinical and laboratory features compatible with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. This case presents an uncommon complication of B. bacilliformis infection associated with the development of systemic vasculitis.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/622419 |
| Date | 09 1900 |
| Creators | Peñafiel-Sam, Joshua, Alarcón-Guevara, Samuel, Chang-Cabanillas, Sergio, Perez-Medina, Wilkerson, Mendo-Urbina, Fernando, Ordaya-Espinoza, Eloy |
| Contributors | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Perú, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru; Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Perú, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru; University of Minnesota, USA, eeordaya@umn.edu |
| Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT |
| Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822017000500706&lng=en&tlng=en |
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