title: Valve replacement for Brucella endocarditis: two case reports.
abstract: We report two cases of successful treatment of Brucella endocarditis. Both of them were treated with antibiotics and aortic valve replacement after Brucellosis was diagnosed. In one of these cases emergency operation was required. Our observations suggest that a combined surgical and medical treatment is the best option for the management of this disease. B. endocarditis should be operated after improvement of clinical status but emergency cardiac surgery may be required if heart failure develops.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koumallos
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paschalis
authors.forename: Charalambos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antoniades
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tousoulis
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Simpsiris
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tolios
authors.forename: Christodoulos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanadis
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leonidas
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017347:Brucella melitensis; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male