Case Report-Infective endocarditis due to brucella

  • Purwar, S
  • Metgud, SC
Publication date
February 2007
Publisher
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology

Abstract

One of the complications of brucellosis is infective endocarditis, which carries a high mortality rate if undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. We report a case of Brucella infective endocarditis, which was diagnosed serologically and by polymerase chain reaction. After Brucella specific treatment, patient showed dramatic improvement clinically, as evident by echocardiogram findings and other investigations

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