Detection of Borrelia bissettii in Cardiac Valve Tissue of a Patient with Endocarditis and Aortic Valve Stenosis in the Czech Republic

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.

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2008-10, Vol.46 (10), p.3540-3543
Main Authors: Rudenko, Nataliia, Golovchenko, Maryna, Mokráček, Aleš, Piskunová, Natalja, Růžek, Daniel, Mallatová, Nadja, Grubhoffer, Libor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Bacteriology
Biological and medical sciences
Borrelia - isolation & purification
Case Reports
Czech Republic
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Endocarditis, Bacterial - complications
Endocarditis, Bacterial - microbiology
Flagellin - genetics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heart Valves - microbiology
Humans
Lyme Disease - complications
Lyme Disease - microbiology
Male
Microbiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0095-1137
1098-660X
DOI:10.1128/JCM.01032-08