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Molecular investigation of Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella in heart valve specimens of patients with endocarditis in Iran.
Journal of infection and public health - 1 Jan 2025
Latifian Mina, Mostafavi Ehsan, Broumand Mohammad Ali, Bagheri Amiri Fahimeh, Mohammadi Mohammad Reza, Esmaeili Saber
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BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE), is a medical condition that threatens human health. The aim of this study is the molecular investigation of Coxiella burnetii and Bartonella spp. in heart valves in Iran. METHODS: In this study, 146 patients with pathological evidence of IE and underwent heart valve surgery between 2016 and 2020 were selected. Furthermore, positive samples for C. burnetii were genotyped by...
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