?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Culture+Positive+Brucella+Endocarditis+in+a+Case+of+Baloon+Mitral+Valvotomy&rft.creator=Pawar%2C+SK&rft.creator=Ghorpade%2C+MV&rft.creator=Aundhkar%2C+S&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Brucella+endocarditis+is+a+rare+condition+which+occurs+as+a+focal+complication+in+chronic+brucellosis+cases.+We+report+a+rare+brucella+endocarditis+case+in+a+RVHD+patient.+A+26+years+old+male+was+admitted+with+fever+on+off+for+almost+one+year.+The+blood+culture+yielded+growth+of+Brucella+melitensis+after+ten+days+of+incubation.+Isolated+colonies+were+reconfirmed+as+Brucella+species+by+PCR+study.+Patient%E2%80%99s+serum+tested+positive+for+brucella+slide+agglutination+test+and+STAT+titer+was+640IU.+Echocardiography+showed+vegetation+on+mitral+valve.+Patient+was+treated+with+both+medical+and+surgical+intervention.+After+chemotherapy%2C+patient%E2%80%99s+blood+culture+was+sterile%2C+slide+agglutination+%26+STAT+(40IU)+were+negative.+Repeat+echocardiography+showed+no+fresh+vegetation.+Considering+high+mortality+rate+(80%25)+in+Brucella+endocarditis%2C+it+is+very+important+for+clinicians+to+suspect+it.+Prompt+antibiotic+therapy+and+surgical+intervention+is+life+saving+in+fatal+cases.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8009%2F1%2F2011-3-12.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pawar%2C+SK+and+Ghorpade%2C+MV+and+Aundhkar%2C+S++(2011)+Culture+Positive+Brucella+Endocarditis+in+a+Case+of+Baloon+Mitral+Valvotomy.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8009%2F