Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in heart valve tissue from patients with culture-negative infective endocarditis

Medicine
Young-Rock JangSung-Han Kim

Abstract

Coxiella burnetii is a common cause of blood culture-negative infective endocarditis (IE). Molecular detection of C burnetii DNA in clinical specimens is a promising method of diagnosing Q fever endocarditis. Here, we examined the diagnostic utility of Q fever polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of formalin-fixed heart valve tissue from patients with blood culture-negative IE who underwent heart valve surgery. Clinical and laboratory data of patients with blood culture-negative IE who underwent heart valve surgery during a 6-year period and for whom biopsy tissues were available were reviewed retrospectively. Blood culture-positive IE patients who underwent heart valve surgery within the last 3 years were used as controls. Heart valve samples were cultured and also subjected to histological examination and PCR for Q fever, brucellosis, and bartonellosis. Data from 20 patients with blood culture-negative IE and 20 with blood culture-positive IE were analyzed. Eight cases of blood culture-negative IE were PCR-positive for C burnetii (40%; 95% confidence interval, 19-64). No specimen was PCR-positive for brucellosis or bartonellosis. Histologically, 4 of 8 specimens with a positive Q fever PCR result were characterized by clusters of ...Continue Reading

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PCR
biopsy
electrophoresis

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SPSS

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