What is it about?
Tuberculous infections of a replaced heart valve usually needs surgical management with debridement and exchange of the valve. This case report proves that prolonged medical therapy with anti tuberculous medications could be a successful option. This reduces patient mortality, hospital stay and avoid resplilting of the chest.
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Why is it important?
We can avoid high risk repeated surgical procedures. Prolonged anti- Tuberculous therapy eradicated the infection and provided cure.
Perspectives
A new aproach to treat complicated tuberculous prothetic valve infection. Redo-surgury usually carries high risk and increases morbidity and suffering to patients. Proving that prolonged medical therapy can be an option opens new hopes and worth studying
Dr Areeg El Tayeb
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This page is a summary of: A patient with Tuberculous para-valvular leak and tuberculous hepatic abscesses treated conservatively with anti-tuberculous medication without the need for surgical intervention. “Case report”, Medical Research Archives, January 2024, Knowledge Enterprise Journals,
DOI: 10.18103/mra.v12i9.5905.
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