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Brucella glomerulonephritis and prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report

  • Utas, Cengiz
  • OYMAK, Oktay
  • Cilan, Havva
  • Caliskan, Tuğba Asena
  • Ardic, Idris
  • ÜNAL, Aydın
  • AKGÜN, Hülya
  • Oguzhan, Nilüfer
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Publication date
April 2012
Icon DOI
10.1007/s11255-010-9895-4
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Abstract

Although brucellosis is an endemic disease in Mediterranean countries, there are few reported cases of Brucella endocarditis and glomerulonephritis. We report a case of Brucella prosthetic mitral valve endocarditis and glomerulonephritis that could be managed by using only antibiotic therapy, including rifampicin, doxycycline and ceftriaxone, without a surgical procedure

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