BRUCELLOSIS COMPLICATED BY AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS |
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| Authors: | PETER D. SKILLINGTON DAVID C. McGIFFIN RICHARD KEMP J. H. N. BETT GEOFFREY HOLT ROSS FORGAN-SMITH |
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| Affiliation: | Cardiothoracic Surgical Registrar, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Qld;Staff Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Prince Charles Hospital, Old;Director of Infectious Disease, The Royal Brisbane Hospital;Director of Cardiology, The Royal Brisbane Hospital;Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, The Royal Brisbane Hospital;Microbiologist, Department of Microbiology, The Prince Charles Hospital |
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| 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. |
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| Keywords: | Brucellosis endocarditis aortic valve allograft aortic valve |
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