Ehrenborg Christian, Hagberg Svante, Alden Jakob, Makitalo Signar, Myrdal Gunnar, Larsson Erik, Hjelm Eva, Friman Goran
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(1):73-5. doi: 10.1080/00365540802477889.
In this report, we present the first known case of Bartonella endocarditis in Sweden. IgG antibody titres to Bartonella spp. were elevated but blood cultures remained negative. Sequencing of a gltA fragment from DNA extracted from heart valve tissue specimens revealed sequence homology with B. quintana.
在本报告中,我们呈现了瑞典首例已知的巴尔通体心内膜炎病例。针对巴尔通体属的IgG抗体滴度升高,但血培养结果仍为阴性。对从心脏瓣膜组织标本中提取的DNA的gltA片段进行测序,结果显示与五日热巴尔通体存在序列同源性。