Bartonella quintana endocarditis in a child from Northern Manitoba, Canada.

We describe a case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in an 11-year-old child from Northern Manitoba, Canada. This case demonstrates the neglected endemicity of B. quintana in Northern Canada and highlights the need for improved case finding and elucidation of specific risk factors for B. quintana...

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Published in:PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: Carl Boodman, William MacDougall, Michael Hawkes, Gregory Tyrrell, Sergio Fanella
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Arctic
Canada
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010399
https://doaj.org/article/2d352b6f7c0e46e9b673d4a435e410c8
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Summary:We describe a case of Bartonella quintana endocarditis in an 11-year-old child from Northern Manitoba, Canada. This case demonstrates the neglected endemicity of B. quintana in Northern Canada and highlights the need for improved case finding and elucidation of specific risk factors for B. quintana infection in the Canadian North. Considering B. quintana's predominant transmission via body lice ectoparasitosis, we hypothesize that B. quintana's endemicity in Northern Canada is linked to inadequate access to suitable housing and running water among remote communities in the Canadian North.

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