Remission of brucella endocarditis in a patient with mitral valve mechanical prosthesis by antibiotic therapy alone: A case report

Murdaca, Giuseppe; Colombo, Barbara Maria; Caiti, Matteo; Cagnati, Paola; Massa, G; Puppo, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.098

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“…Some reports suggested that SXT, aminoglycosides or ciprofloxacin must be added to the rifampicin and doxycycline regimen and the duration of treatment must be around 6 weeks to 4 months [19,20]. In the current study, patients were treated with antibiotics for a mean duration of 5 months.…”

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Management of Brucella endocarditis: results of the Gulhane study

Koruk¹,

Erdem²,

Koruk³

et al. 2012

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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confidence: 96%

Management of Brucella endocarditis: results of the Gulhane study

Koruk¹,

Erdem²,

Koruk³

et al. 2012

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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“…Surgery is also recommended for prosthetic valve brucella endocarditis or brucella infection of cardiac devices (e.g., implantable cardioverter-defibrillator). On the other hand, some patients with brucella endocarditis have been cured by medical treatment alone [16–21]. …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Since then, there have been reports of successful treatment with combined surgical and medical treatment [8–15]. However some cases of native or prosthetic valve brucella endocarditis have been cured by medical treatment alone [16–21]. …”

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confidence: 99%

Medical Versus Medical and Surgical Treatment for Brucella Endocarditis

Keshtkar-Jahromi

Razavi

Gholamin

et al. 2012

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

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This review was undertaken to determine the role of surgery in the treatment of brucella endocarditis. All English and French articles reporting brucella endocarditis (1966–2011) in Pubmed, Google and Scopus were reviewed. 308 cases were identified and Linear and Logistic regression was performed. Surgery improved outcomes by decreasing mortality from 32.7% in the medical treatment only group to 6.7% in the combined surgical and medical treatment group (p<.001). This association was still significant while controlling for other contributing factors. In the absence of a controlled trial, we recommend the utmost vigilance and consideration of surgical management in treating such patients.

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“…3,6,9e12 In our study surgery was undertaken if bulky vegetation, abscess, aneurysm, paravalvular leak, or valvular malfunction was present. Surgery is also recommended for prosthetic valve brucella endocarditis 10,13,14 or infection of other cardiac devices (e.g., implantable cardioverter defibrillator) with Brucella, 15 but one patient (No. 1) recovered with medical treatment alone for a relapse of brucella endocarditis on prosthetic valve 1 year after surgery.…”

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