Successful Management of Prosthetic Valve Brucella Endocarditis with Antibiotherapy Alone
  • José Pedro Fonseca
    Internal Medicine Service, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, E.P.E. – Viseu, Portugal
  • Telma Pereiro
    Internal Medicine Service, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, E.P.E. – Viseu, Portugal
  • Diana Pinho dos Santos
    Internal Medicine Service, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, E.P.E. – Viseu, Portugal
  • José Miguel Correia
    Cardiology Service, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, E.P.E. – Viseu, Portugal
  • Joana Capelo
    Internal Medicine Service, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, E.P.E. – Viseu, Portugal
  • Adelino Carragoso
    Internal Medicine Service, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, E.P.E. – Viseu, Portugal

Keywords

brucella, brucellosis, brucella endocarditis, prosthetic cardiac valve Brucella endocarditis, brucella mellitensi

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.

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    Published: 2018-01-30
    Issue: Vol. 5 No. 4 (view)

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    Fonseca JP, Pereiro T, Pinho dos Santos D, Correia JM, Capelo J, Carragoso A. Successful Management of Prosthetic Valve Brucella Endocarditis with Antibiotherapy Alone. EJCRIM 2018;5 doi:10.12890/2018_000808.

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