Identification of an Emergent Pathogen, Bartonella vinsonii, Using Next-Generation Sequencing in a Patient With Culture-Negative Endocarditis
- 24 February 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Vol. 10 (2), 213-216
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa014
Abstract
Diagnosis and treatment of culture negative endocarditis remains a challenge. This report describes a rare cause of endocarditis in humans, Bartonella vinsonii, identified through next generation sequencing of plasma microbial cell-free DNA with confirmation of cardiac valve tissue infection through immunohistochemical staining and polymerase chain reaction.Keywords
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