Blood-Culture Negative Endocarditis
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2024) | Viewed by 615
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infectious diseases; vector-borne diseases; tick-borne diseases; Rickettsia spp.; Bartonella spp.; Borrelia spp.; Anaplasma spp.; Thropheryma whipplei; diagnosis; debonel; Lyme disease; endocarditis; HIV; hepatitis; microbiome; microbiota
Interests: endocarditis; blood culture negative endocarditis; fastidious microorganism
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Blood culture negative endocarditis (BCNE) is a challenge for clinicians and microbiologists because its management is difficult and can be associated with a higher risk of valvular destruction and mortality than endocarditis with documented microorganisms. BCNE still remains in a variable percentage of patients depending on geographical and socioeconomic factors. The development of molecular assays and other techniques has improved the number of patients with documented agents causing endocarditis. In this Special Issue, we encourage researchers to share their experience in this interesting and changing topic. Increasing the knowledge of endocarditis due to fastidious microorganisms and emerging ones is necessary for improving the diagnoses and prognosis of this condition.
Prof. Dr. José A. Oteo
Dr. Lara García Álvarez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- endocarditis
- blood culture negative endocarditis
- fastidious microorganism
- diagnoses
- prognosis
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