TY - JOUR
T1 - A “Cat”-astrophic Case of Bartonella henselae infective endocarditis followed by cardiac transplantation salvage therapy
AU - Kuan, William
AU - Dulnuan, Kenneth
AU - Guglin, Maya E.
AU - El Haddad, Hanine
AU - Kolodziej, Andrew R.
AU - Leventhal, Andrew
AU - Rajagopalan, Navin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2019/12/1
Y1 - 2019/12/1
N2 - To our knowledge, no cases of Bartonella henselae endocarditis leading to subsequent heart transplantation salvage therapy have been published. We present a case of a 29-year-old man with cat-inflicted B henselae endocarditis and concurrent worsening heart failure, who then underwent successful heart transplantation 50 days following diagnosis. Treatment and monitoring strategies used in this patient are discussed. Furthermore, we review literature related to heart transplantation salvage therapy for endocarditis due to other intracellular pathogens.
AB - To our knowledge, no cases of Bartonella henselae endocarditis leading to subsequent heart transplantation salvage therapy have been published. We present a case of a 29-year-old man with cat-inflicted B henselae endocarditis and concurrent worsening heart failure, who then underwent successful heart transplantation 50 days following diagnosis. Treatment and monitoring strategies used in this patient are discussed. Furthermore, we review literature related to heart transplantation salvage therapy for endocarditis due to other intracellular pathogens.
KW - Bartonella henselae
KW - heart transplant
KW - infective endocarditis
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U2 - 10.1111/tid.13179
DO - 10.1111/tid.13179
M3 - Article
C2 - 31541582
AN - SCOPUS:85073957943
SN - 1398-2273
VL - 21
JO - Transplant Infectious Disease
JF - Transplant Infectious Disease
IS - 6
M1 - e13179
ER -
