Primary Chronic Septic Endocarditis and Blood Parasite Diseases, a New Clinical Phenomenon of 20-21st Centuries

摘要

A cytological study of blood of patients with early stages of primary chronic septic endocarditis has been first performed in russian and foreign practice. The purpose of the research was to find new ways to detect an infecting agent. The results of the patient blood tests showed the presence of intraerythrocytic parasites, i.e. intracellular infection. Babesiae (piroplasmae) were found in 100 % of patients; the average parasitemia was 39.4 %; Bartonellae were found for 82 % of patients and Rickettsiae were found in blood white cells of 50 % of patients. It is known that Babesia and Bartonella are a combined infection in most cases. This infection inhibits the immune system and causes disfunction and discoordination of endothelium system, infringes blood circulation, causes hypoxia of organs and tissues that increases toxic impact. The consequences of chronical babesiosis are organic changes in organs and tissues. Bartonellosis is often accompanied by endocarditis mostly in chronical form. According to literature data, endocarditis that is caused by B. quintana is confirmed in 76.4 % of cases in groups of patients with unknown etiology of the disease.