Successful Management of Prosthetic Valve Brucella Endocarditis with Antibiotherapy Alone

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

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 h...

Brucella melitensis endocarditis: successful treatment of an infected prosthetic mitral valve.

Brucelha melitensis endocarditis: successful treatment of an infected prosthetic mitral valve. A 38-year-old man had a mitral valve replacement for rheumatic calcific mitral stenosis and regurgitation; following this operation he remained well for 10 months. He then presented with cough, abdominal pain, and rigors, and Brucella melitensis type 3 was repeatedly isolated from blood cultures. His ...

Surgical management of aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis

Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is still associated with high mortality and morbidity despite advances in diagnostic, medical and surgical management. Aims: 1. To report shortand mid-term results after surgical treatment of IE in the current era and to compare the results between native valve endocarditis (NVE) and prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). 2. To prospectively compare the abi...

Successful management of Propionibacterium acnes prosthetic valve endocarditis with abscess formation without surgery

Successful management of Propionibacterium acnes prosthetic valve endocarditis with abscess formation