Internally Peer Reviewed 2-17. Treatment a. Triage Categories . Triage categories will vary with conditions and available resources. Given the subacute nature of brucellosis, most patients are candidates for the Delayed treatment category.
Antibiotic therapy requires a combination of two medications.
Surgical heart valve replacement is usually necessary for total cure and should be strongly considered. The case fatality rate for untreated brucellosis has historically been less than 2 percent. Most fatalities in untreated cases result from endocarditis due to Brucella melitensis . Untreated brucellosis may result in severe morbidity for months, and occasionally years. The University of Iowa.