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Successful Medical Treatment of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Brucella abortus.


ABSTRACT: Although Brucella endocarditis is a rare complication of human brucellosis, it is the main cause of the mortality in this disease. Traditionally, the therapeutic approach to endocarditis caused by Brucella species requires a combination of antimicrobial therapy and valve replacement surgery. In the literature, only a few cases of mitral prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Brucella species have been successfully treated without reoperation. We present a case of a 42-year-old man with a prosthetic mitral valve infected by Brucella abortus who was cured solely by medical treatment.

SUBMITTER: Lee SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4248619 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Successful Medical Treatment of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Brucella abortus.

Lee Seung-Ah SA   Kim Kyung-Hee KH   Shin Hyo-Sun HS   Lee Hee-Sun HS   Choi Hong-Mi HM   Kim Hyung-Kwan HK  

Korean circulation journal 20141125 6


Although Brucella endocarditis is a rare complication of human brucellosis, it is the main cause of the mortality in this disease. Traditionally, the therapeutic approach to endocarditis caused by Brucella species requires a combination of antimicrobial therapy and valve replacement surgery. In the literature, only a few cases of mitral prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Brucella species have been successfully treated without reoperation. We present a case of a 42-year-old man with a prosth  ...[more]

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