title: Brucellosis complicated by aortic valve endocarditis.
abstract: A 30 year old veterinary surgeon developed a febrile illness with serological evidence of Brucellosis. He was known to have aortic valve disease and during the course of the illness, the clinical features of endocarditis became evident, with a vegetation visible echocardiographically on the aortic valve. Because of persisting fever despite appropriate antibiotic therapy, aortic valve replacement with a viable cryopreserved allograft aortic valve was undertaken. Organisms consistent with Brucella species were demonstrated in the excised vegetation. The patient received a six week course of antibiotics and his post-operative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Prince Charles Hospital, Qld, Australia.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Skillington
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bett
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forgan-Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male