Successful Medical Treatment of Prosthetic Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Brucella abortus.
10.4070/kcj.2014.44.6.441
- Author:
Seung Ah LEE
1
;
Kyung Hee KIM
;
Hyo Sun SHIN
;
Hee Sun LEE
;
Hong Mi CHOI
;
Hyung Kwan KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea. learnbyliving9@gmail.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Infective endocarditis;
Cardiac valve prosthesis;
Brucella abortus
- MeSH:
Adult;
Brucella;
Brucella abortus*;
Brucellosis;
Endocarditis*;
Heart Valve Prosthesis;
Humans;
Mitral Valve*;
Mortality;
Reoperation
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2014;44(6):441-443
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
