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| Corrêa,F.G.; Pontes,C.L.S.; Verzola,R.M.M.; Mateos,J.C.P.; Velho,P.E.N.F.; Schijman,A.G.; Selistre-de-Araujo,H.S.. |
| Infection with Bartonella spp may cause cardiac arrhythmias, myocarditis and endocarditis in humans. The aim of the present study was to evaluate a possible association between Bartonella spp bacteremia and endocarditis, arrhythmia and Chagas cardiomyopathy in patients from Brazil and Argentina. We screened for the presence of bacterial 16S rRNA in human blood by PCR using oligonucleotides to amplify a 185-bp bacterial DNA fragment. Blood samples were taken from four groups of subjects in Brazil and Argentina: i) control patients without clinical disease, ii) patients with negative blood-culture endocarditis, iii) patients with arrhythmias, and iv) patients with chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy. PCR products were analyzed on 1.5% agarose gel to visualize the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Human; PCR; Bartonella spp; Chagas disease; Endocarditis; Arrhythmia. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000700012 |
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