sentences:  Endocarditis was confirmed by echocardiography, and the dog died in August 2000.Analysis of the damaged aortic valve indicated that the dog was infected with a new "Bartonella" species, later confirmed to be "Bartonella rochalimae" by DNA analysis.According to the authors, this was the first time that "B. rochalimae" was identified in domestic and wild animals and the first report of "B. rochalimae" isolation from mammals in North America.