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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Cardiovasc Dis Women WINCARS 2021; 06(04): 256-260
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1742212
Review Article

A Review of Brucella endocarditis

Iragavarapu Tammiraju 
1   ASRAM Medical College, Department of Cardiology, ASRAMS, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
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This manuscript highlights the importance of zoonotic diseases and the need of high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of this latent infection.
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Abstract

Brucella endocarditis is one of the rare, life-threatening complications of a multisystemic zoonotic disease, brucellosis. Careful history taking, clinical examinations, and detailed laboratory tests with special culture media in endemic zones help in diagnosis of this latent disease. No consensus on the exact management of this disease has reached till now. Hence, both medical management and surgical interventions in selective cases were the treatment of choice. This article provides a review of the earlier literature on Brucella endocarditis.

Keywords

Brucellosis - endocarditis - multimodality approach - combined management


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Article published online:
15 February 2022

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