[A case of pericarditis in a patient with brucellosis].
A case of brucellosis pericarditis is described in a patient presenting with undulant fever, arthralgias, myalgias, weight loss, and anemia. Two cultures of blood showed growth of Brucella abortus. The patient had no retrosternal pain, but stethoscopy of the heart revealed a murmur and pericarditis was echocardiographically diagnosed.
Reiter
Nanna
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Helsingør Sygehus, medicinsk afdeling. nannareiter@dadlnet.dk
Kvinesdal
Birgit Bak
BB
D000328:Adult; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography