Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Bartonella Quintana—a Rare Entity

Abstract

Endocarditis caused by Bartonella species is difficult to diagnose and still remains a rare entity. Therefore, a young male patient undergoing aortic valve replacement for culture-negative endocarditis is reported in whom the diagnosis of a Bartonella quintana infection was made with a great delay postoperatively.

Bartonella quintana infective endocarditis in a homeless man with unexpected positive blood culture

“…Most of the patients suffering from B. quintana IE did not have previously known valvular diseases, unlike our patient [1] . The aortic valve appeared to be the most frequently affected [9] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , as in the present case.…”