Lyme Endocarditis: A Case Report
A 67-year-old woman from Pennsylvania underwent mitral valve repair for regurgitation that developed shortly after Lyme disease treatment. Warthin-Starry stain revealed spirochetes in valve tissue and molecular testing found DNA of <i>Borrelia</i> spp. We report the first Lyme endocarditis case supported by visualization of spirochetes in cardiac valve tissue.
Authors
- Mayyadah Alabdely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0547-2384)
- Nabin K. Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6766-9874)
- Carmela D. Tan
- Patricia Bartley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6529-4810)
- Hannah Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3712-9188)
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Cleveland Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf623
- Primary Topic
- Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00