Detection of Borrelia bissettii in cardiac valve tissue of a patient with endocarditis and aortic valve stenosis in the Czech Republic.

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.

SUBMITTER: Rudenko N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2566110 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature