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Brucella Endocarditis with Repeated Mitral Valve Replacement
Author(s) -
Kalaycioglu Sedat,
Imren Yildirim,
Erer Dilek,
Zor Hakan,
Arman Dilek
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2005.200428.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endocarditis , brucella , mitral valve , cardiology , mitral valve replacement , brucellosis , virology
Brucella endocarditis, although a rare complication of brucellosis, is a life threatening and often under‐diagnosed complication. Despite its high mortality rate with combined medical and surgical treatment, has a low occurrence rate in cases of brucellosis. Here we describe a patient who underwent mitral valve replacement for 3 times due to underdiagnosis of Brucella endocarditis. If a valve replacement fails because of an unknown reason, the doubt of a Brucella infection should be kept in mind for accurate treatment of such patients.