title: Brucellosis presenting with pericarditis: case report and literature review.
abstract: Pericarditis is a rare manifestation during the course of brucellosis. This paper describes a case of pericarditis associated with brucellosis in a 31-year-old veterinary physician with a past medical history of testicular tumor and reviews the cases of pericarditis associated with brucellosis in medical English literature.
authors: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil ; Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
authors: Fábio Lopes
authors: FL
authors: Pedro
authors: Fernanda Paula
authors: FP
authors: Franchini
authors: Leonardo Muraro
authors: LM
authors: Wildner
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