title: Brucella endocarditis with repeated mitral valve replacement.
abstract: Brucella endocarditis, although a rare complication of brucellosis, is a life threatening and often under-diagnosed complication. Despite its high mortality rate with combined medical and surgical treatment, has a low occurrence rate in cases of brucellosis. Here we describe a patient who underwent mitral valve replacement for 3 times due to underdiagnosis of Brucella endocarditis. If a valve replacement fails because of an unknown reason, the doubt of a Brucella infection should be kept in mind for accurate treatment of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara, Turkey. sedatkalayci@gazi.edu.tr
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalaycioglu
authors.forename: Yildirim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Imren
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Erer
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zor
authors.forename: Dilek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*