[Endocarditis in a brucellosis patient].
Brucellosis remains a most common disease of animals and humans in cattle-breeding regions of Russia. The cause of unfavourable outcome of brucellosis in a 49 year-old patient was the development of infectious endocarditis (IE). This complication in patients with brucellosis is relatively rare compared with previous years. Hence, probability of its erroneous diagnosis and treatment. Modern diagnostic tools, such as EchoCG makes it possible to avoid mistakes in diagnosis of IE.
Akhmedova
M D
MD
Magomedova
S A
SA
Tagirbekova
A R
AR
Gadzhikulieva
M M
MM
D000368:Aged; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male