IS BRUCELLOSIS IMPLICATED IN CALCIFIC AORTIC VALVULAR STENOSIS?
Authors: G C GRIFFITH, H T NORRIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 February 1961IS BRUCELLOSIS IMPLICATED IN CALCIFIC AORTIC VALVULAR STENOSIS?GEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P., H. THOMAS NORRIS, M.D.GEORGE C. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, H. THOMAS NORRIS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-54-2-254 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough calcific aortic stenosis is generally accepted to be a late sequela of rheumatic fever, several factors suggest that rheumatic fever may not be the sole or even the principal cause of the valvular deformity. First, a history of joint disease is present in only 20 to 30% of patients with aortic stenosis. Second, the valvular lesion is usually more severe than would be expected if rheumatic fever were the cause. Third, the reported sex incidence (three male patients to each female patient) is not what would be anticipated if rheumatic fever were responsible, inasmuch as rheumatic fever is rather...Bibliography1. Spink WW: The nature of brucellosis. The University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, 1956. Google Scholar2. PosteliAtlantaRosa TGL: Un caso di endocardite ulcerosa di natura melitococcica. Cuore e circol. 27: 117 (Apr.) 1943. Google Scholar3. Moeschlin S: Elektrokardiographische Myokardschaden bei der Febris undulans Bang. Cardiologia 7: 29, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Amuchastegui SR: Las enfermedades cardiovasculares en el curso de la brucelosis. Rev. Asoc. med. Argent. 62: 137, 1948. Google Scholar5. Maldonado-Allende I: Aspectos clinicos de la brucelosis cardiovascular. Prensa med. Argent. 35: 2323, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Poli M: L'apparato cardiovascolare nella brucellosi. Omnia med., 1953. Google Scholar7. Panuccio P: Brucella myocarditis: observations on patients reported in the literature and on a group of patients seen in the past 10 years in the medical clinic of the University of Florence. Abstracted in J. A. M. A. 165: 1496 (Nov. 16) 1957. Google Scholar8. PeeryEvans TMJM: Brucellosis and heart disease. III. Chronic valvular heart disease following nonfatal brucellosis. Ann. Intern. Med. 49: 568 (Sept.) 1958. LinkGoogle Scholar9. GrantStone GHCL: Rupture of the heart as result of brucellosis abortus endocarditis. Brit. Med. J. 1: 914, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Peery TM: Brucellosis and heart disease. I. The shaky foundations of "rheumatic" heart disease. Postgrad. Med. 19: 323 (Apr.) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. Peery TM: Brucellosis and heart disease: IV. Etiology of calcific aortic stenosis. J. A. M. A. 166: 1123 (Mar. 8) 1958. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication July 7, 1960.From the University of Southern California School of Medicine and the Los Angeles County General Hospital, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to George C. Griffith, M.D., 1136 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles 17, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byKrankheiten durch BrucellenKrankheiten durch BrucellenSection F. Milk-borne diseaseBakterielle Infektionen 1 February 1961Volume 54, Issue 2Page: 254-256KeywordsBrucellosisHospital medicineLesionsRheumatic feverStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...