Association of brucella endocarditis with intracerebral haemorrhage.
We describe a case of brucella endocarditis which was strongly suspected on clinical grounds and subsequently confirmed by bacteriological, serological and echocardiographic investigations. The endocarditis, in a 42-year-old Saudi male, was complicated by intracerebral haemorrhage, presumably from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm. Although such a complication is well documented in other forms of infective endocarditis, it has not been reported in brucellosis.
D000328:Adult; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male