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Case Reports
. 1980 Feb;56(652):119-20.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.652.119.

Brucella endocarditis on double valvular prosthesis

R Lezaun, J Teruel, M J Maître, M Artaza
Case Reports

Brucella endocarditis on double valvular prosthesis

R Lezaun et al. Postgrad Med J. 1980 Feb.

Abstract

The case is reported of a 48-year-old man suffering from Brucella endocarditis on a double prosthesis. The successful medical and surgical treatment is described. So far as the authors know, this is the first report of Brucella endocarditis from a heart valve prosthesis.

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