- Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.
Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.
Journal of clinical microbiology (2008-07-25)
Nataliia Rudenko, Maryna Golovchenko, Ales Mokrácek, Natalja Piskunová, Daniel Ruzek, Nadja Mallatová, Libor Grubhoffer
PMID18650352
ABSTRACT
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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BSK-H Medium, Complete, sterile-filtered, with 6% rabbit serum, suitable for Borrelia burgdorferi