Abstract
Bartonella henselae endocarditis mimicking systemic vasculitis has been reported in patients with valvulopathy. Herein, we describe a patient with B. henselae endocarditis involving a prosthetic pulmonic valve with positive anti-dsDNA antibodies misdiagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) based on the revised classification SLE criteria.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1469-1471 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Lupus |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- Bartonella henselae endocarditis
- anti-dsDNA
- congenital pulmonic stenosis
- false positive
- systemic lupus erythematosus