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

  • Lee, Seung-Ah (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Hee (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Shin, Hyo-Sun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Hee-Sun (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Choi, Hong-Mi (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Kwan (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital)
  • Received : 2013.10.08
  • Accepted : 2013.10.25
  • Published : 2014.11.30
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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.

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