The first case of chronic Q fever endocarditis and aortitis from Turkey: A 5-year infection before diagnosis with drain in sternum

Yavuz, Serap Şimşek; Özbek, Ezgi; Başaran, Seniha; Çelebi, Bekir; Yılmaz, Ebru; Başaran, Murat; Umman, Berrin; Eraksoy, Haluk

doi:10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.7329

Case Report

The first case of chronic Q fever endocarditis and aortitis from Turkey: A 5-year infection before diagnosis with drain in sternum

Serap Şimşek Yavuz ¹ , Ezgi Özbek ¹ , Seniha Başaran ¹ , Bekir Çelebi ⁵ , Ebru Yılmaz ² , Murat Başaran ³ , Berrin Umman ⁴ , Haluk Eraksoy ¹

¹Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University; İstanbul-Turkey
²Nuclear Medicine, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University; İstanbul-Turkey
³Cardiovascular Surgery, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University; İstanbul-Turkey
⁴Cardiology, İstanbul Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University; İstanbul-Turkey
⁵Department of Reference Microbiology Laboratories, Turkish Public Health Institute; Ankara-Turkey

Anatol J Cardiol 2016; 16(10): 814-816 PubMed ID: 27723671 PMCID: 5324947 DOI: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2016.7329

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