Brucella aortic endocarditis corrected by prosthetic valve replacement

Heibig, Jacques; Beall, Arthur C.; Myers, Richard N.; Harder, Edward J.; Feteih, Nizar

doi:10.1016/0002-8703(83)90710-x

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“…The duration of symptoms before the hospitalization of our patient lasted approximately 21 days which concordant with other reports [9,10]. As our patient, usual symptoms of these patients are chest pain, dyspnea, and fever.…”

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Brucellar Pericarditis: You Can Get from Your Pet!

Shawky¹

2020

J Cardiol Res Rev Rep

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Background: Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic systemic infectious disease with a diverse clinical presentation. Cardiovascular affections are not frequent, and the main cardiac manifestation of Bru-cellosis is endocarditis. Pericarditis without endocarditis is extremely rare. Case Presentation: In this case report, we present an exceptional case of pericarditis caused by Brucellosis in the absence of concomitant endocarditis in a 30-year-old woman, one-month postpar-tum, from the countryside. The lady presented with night sweats, mild fever, weight loss, dyspnea and chest pain. A diagnostic workup revealed positive titers for Brucella, indicating that the patient was suffering from systemic Brucellosis. The patient recovered completely, after receiving appropri-ate oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and dual antibiotics treatment, and responded well without any sign of relapse during a six month follow-up period. Conclusion: Pericarditis can occur during Brucellosis as an isolated cardiac symptom. Brucellar per-icarditis should always be kept in mind in patients with pericarditis and pericardial effusion, alt-hough the prevalence of pericarditis in Brucellosis is very low.

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“…There is pericardial friction rub in half of the cases [11]. Cardiac tamponade is rarely observed, and consequently, pericardiocentesis is only occasionally required [5,9]. In a Turkish study, isolated pericarditis was observed in four adult cases, and Brucellosis di-agnosis was made.…”

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Brucellar Pericarditis: You Can Get from Your Pet!

Shawky¹

2020

J Cardiol Res Rev Rep

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“…1 It has a subclinical course and poor prognosis without any surgical treatment. 8 Replacement of the affected valve is necessary after 5-7 days of antibiotic therapy. 9 In the study of Taş ova et al, 10 endocarditis was found in only one of 238 cases of brucellosis.…”

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Brucellar pericarditis: a report of four cases and review of the literature

Kaya

Eşkazan

Elaldı

2013

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

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Brucellar pericarditis is a rare clinical entity, and the morbidity and mortality in patients with brucellar pericarditis is low. Pericardiocentesis should only be performed in patients with cardiac tamponade. Moreover, the choice of antibiotics and the duration of treatment do not differ between brucellosis cases with or without isolated pericarditis. Although the prevalence of pericarditis in brucellosis is low, brucellar pericarditis should always be kept in mind in patients with acute or chronic pericarditis, especially in areas where brucellosis is endemic.

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“…There have been no reports of complicating paravalvular abscess. Larger series of brucella endocarditis have been reported from Europe and the Middle East [13][14][15][16][17].…”

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confidence: 99%