Bartonella henselae Endocarditis in Laos – ‘The Unsought Will Go Undetected’

Sayaphet Rattanavong; Pierre-Edouard Fournier; Vang Chu; Khamthavy Frichitthavong; Pany Kesone; Mayfong Mayxay; Mariana Mirabel; Paul N. Newton

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0003385

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Bartonella henselae Endocarditis in Laos – ‘The Unsought Will Go Undetected’

Sayaphet Rattanavong,

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Pierre-Edouard Fournier,

Affiliation URMITE, IHU Mediterranee-Infection, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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Vang Chu,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Khamthavy Frichitthavong,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Pany Kesone,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
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Mayfong Mayxay,

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Mariana Mirabel,

Affiliations INSERM U970, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center PARCC, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Paul N. Newton

* E-mail: paul@tropmedres.ac

Affiliations Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Churchill Hospital, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
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Bartonella henselae Endocarditis in Laos – ‘The Unsought Will Go Undetected’

Sayaphet Rattanavong,
Pierre-Edouard Fournier,
Vang Chu,
Khamthavy Frichitthavong,
Pany Kesone,
Mayfong Mayxay,
Mariana Mirabel,
Paul N. Newton

Published: December 11, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003385

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