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SUBMITTER: Lee SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4248619 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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]