Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Brucella: Successful outcome with a combined strategy

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-258

  Botta, Luca ^a,b   Bechan, Ratna ^b   Yilmaz, Alaaddin ^b   Di Bartolomeo, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Combined strategy; Early reoperation; Prosthetic valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CARPENTIER EDWARDS BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSTHESIOLOGY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PULSE RATE; REOPERATION; SWEATING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INFECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 63049100170     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831ec369     Document Type: Article

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