Unexpected severe native aortic subacute endocarditis due to Bartonella quintana in a 40-year-old woman with good socioeconomic condition.
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Infectious and Tropical Disease Unit, Hôpital CroixRousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France Cardiology Department, European Society of Hypertension Excellence Center, Hôpital de la CroixRousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre CNRS U1111 (INSERM)— UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, UCBL1, Lyon, France Department of Cardiac Surgery, “Louis Pradel” Cardiologic Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ case reports
دوره 2016 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016