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Brucella endocarditis: the role of combined medical and surgical treatment
- Source :
- Reviews of infectious diseases. 12(5)
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- Brucella endocarditis, although a rare complication of brucellosis, is the main cause of death related to this disease. This report describes a case of aortic endocarditis due to Brucella abortus in an elderly farmer with known aortic stenosis. Urgent valve replacement was performed because of progressive heart failure despite appropriate antimicrobial treatment. The infection was cured with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and rifampin given for 3 months after surgery. A review of the literature reports on the 38 other cases of cured brucella endocarditis made clear the need for combined antimicrobial treatment and surgical valve replacement.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Brucella
Brucellosis
Valve replacement
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination
medicine
Endocarditis
Humans
Cause of death
Aged
biology
business.industry
Endocarditis, Bacterial
bacterial infections and mycoses
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Combined Modality Therapy
Surgery
Stenosis
Infectious Diseases
Aortic valve stenosis
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Rifampin
business
Complication
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01620886
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Reviews of infectious diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....942c3ff2ad8e4d2f0009309a7b0e27ca