title: Brucella myocarditis: a rare and life-threatening cardiac complication of brucellosis.
abstract: This case report represents the difficulties in diagnosing brucellosis, which is an enigma with unusual cardiovascular complications. A 32-year-old Caucasian man with acute chest pain was examined at Sfax Hedi Chaker's Hospital. He had a night fever, although his cardiac examination was normal. Further laboratory analyses showed an elevated C-reactive protein of 20.8 mg/dL and troponine I of 1.469 IU/L. A cardiac MRI using delayed enhancement was then performed. The T2-weighted short-axis showed a subepicardial delaying enhancement of infero-lateral and the basal walls of the left ventricle. Accordingly, a diagnosis of Brucella-related myocarditis was made.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Hedi Chaker Hospital, Tunisia. leilaabidt@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: Zied
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Frikha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: Zayeni
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chokri
authors.forename: Benyaakoub
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ismahen
authors.forename: Bahloul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: Rania
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammami
authors.forename: Dorra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: Malek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akrout
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hentati
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kammoun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002002:Brucella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002006:Brucellosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*