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...

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Published in:Korean Circ J
Main Authors: Lee, Seung-Ah, Kim, Kyung-Hee, Shin, Hyo-Sun, Lee, Hee-Sun, Choi, Hong-Mi, Kim, Hyung-Kwan
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2014
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248619/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25469149
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2014.44.6.441
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