Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.

Authors :: Rudenko N
Golovchenko M
Mokrácek A
Piskunová N
Ruzek D
Mallatová N
Grubhoffer L
Source :: Journal of clinical microbiology [J Clin Microbiol] 2008 Oct; Vol. 46 (10), pp. 3540-3. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Jul 23.
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Molecular analysis of a clinical sample confirmed the presence of Borrelia bissettii DNA in cardiac valve tissue from a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis. This evidence strongly supports the involvement of B. bissettii in Lyme disease in Europe.

Subjects :: Animals
Czech Republic
DNA, Bacterial genetics
Flagellin genetics
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Borrelia isolation & purification
Endocarditis, Bacterial complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial microbiology
Heart Valves microbiology
Lyme Disease complications
Lyme Disease microbiology

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