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abstract: '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’s 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, patient’s blood culture was sterile, slide agglutination & STAT (40IU) were negative. Repeat echocardiography showed no fresh vegetation. Considering high mortality rate (80%) in Brucella endocarditis, it is very important for clinicians to suspect it. Prompt antibiotic therapy and surgical intervention is life saving in fatal cases.'
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  - family: Ghorpade
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  - family: Aundhkar
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date: 2011-11-15
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datestamp: 2012-11-09 17:37:19
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keywords: Brucella; Endocarditis; Mitral valve
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publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
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referencetext: "1.\tZisis C, Argyriou M, Kokotsakis I, et al. Brucella  Endocarditis. Presentation of two cases and literature review. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2002;43:174-177.\r\n2.\tPurwar S, Metgud SC, Darshan A et al. Infective Endocarditis Due to  Brucella. Indian J Med Microbiol. 2006;24(4):286 -288.\r\n3.\tMantur BG, Amarnath SK. Brucellosis in India – a review. J Biosci. 2008;33(4):539-547.\r\n4.\tHadjinikolau L, Triposkiadis F, Zaris M et al. Successful management of Brucella melitensis endocarditis with combined medical and surgical approach. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001;19:806–810. \r\n5.\tJe HG, Song H. Brucella Endocarditis in a Non–Endemic Country–First Reported case in East Asia. Circ J. 2008;72:500–501."
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title: Culture Positive Brucella Endocarditis in a Case of Baloon Mitral Valvotomy
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volume: 10
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