TY - JOUR AU - Siciliano, Rinaldo Focaccia AU - Castelli, Jussara Bianchi AU - Mansur, Alfredo Jose AU - Pereira dos Santos, Fabiana AU - Colombo, Silvia AU - do Nascimento, Elvira Mendes AU - Paddock, Christopher AU - Brasil, Roosecelis Araújo AU - Velho, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira AU - Drummond, Marina Rovani AU - Grinberg, Max AU - Strabelli, Tania Mara Varejao T1 - Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii Associated with Community-Acquired, Culture-Negative Endocarditis, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 8 SP - 1429 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated culture-negative, community-acquired endocarditis by using indirect immunofluorescent assays and molecular analyses for Bartonella spp. and Coxiella burnetii and found a prevalence of 19.6% and 7.8%, respectively. Our findings reinforce the need to study these organisms in patients with culture-negative, community-acquired endocarditis, especially B. henselae in cat owners. KW - endocarditis KW - Bartonella KW - Coxiella burnettii KW - Brazil KW - zoonoses KW - bacteria DO - 10.3201/eid2108.140343 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/8/14-0343_article ER - End of Reference