Detached mechanical prosthesis due to Brucella endocarditis

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.10086

Fatih Ada, Mehmet Çakıcı, Evren Özçınar, Mustafa Bahadır İnan, Adnan Uysalel

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.10086

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In this article, we report a case of detached prosthetic valve due to Brucella endocarditis, which was successfully treated with aggressive surgical debridement following preoperative antibiotic treatment.

Keywords : Brucellosis; endocarditis; surgery

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