PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A. S. Breathnach
AU  - J. M. Hoare
AU  - S. J. Eykyn
TI  - Culture-negative endocarditis: contribution of bartonella infections.
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.77.5.474
DP  - 1997 May 01
TA  - Heart
PG  - 474--476
VI  - 77
IP  - 5
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/77/5/474.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/77/5/474.full
SO  - Heart1997 May 01; 77
AB  - Two cases of bartonella endocarditis are described: one in a 55 year old homeless alcoholic man, caused by Bartonella quintana; the other in a 41 year old male with a history of exposure to cat fleas, caused by B henselae. Serological testing and polymerase chain reaction of the excised valves were used to identify the organisms. False positive serology for chlamydia was detected in one case.