Fonseca, José Pedro and Pereiro, Telma and Pinho dos Santos, Diana and Correia, José Miguel and Capelo, Joana and Carragoso, Adelino (2018) Successful Management of Prosthetic Valve Brucella Endocarditis with Antibiotherapy Alone. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (4). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Objectives: To report a case of mechanical aortic prosthesis Brucella endocarditis successfully treated with antibiotics alone. Materials and methods: We describe a clinical case and present a review of the literature. Results: A 60-year-old female farmer with a mechanical aortic prosthetic valve presented with low back pain and fever. She was diagnosed with prosthetic valve Brucella mellitensis endocarditis and was cured with antibiotic therapy alone. Few cases of successfully treated prosthetic valve Brucella endocarditis without surgery have been reported. Conclusion: Prosthetic valve Brucella endocarditis usually requires surgical valve replacement. However, selected patients may be successfully treated with antibiotic therapy alone.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | brucella, brucellosis, brucella endocarditis, prosthetic cardiac valve Brucella endocarditis, brucella mellitensi |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 24 May 2018 09:08 |
| Last Modified: | 24 May 2018 09:08 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17799 |
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