BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS
Authors: WESLEY W.  SPINK, ARTHUR A.  NELSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Case Reports1 October 1939BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITISWESLEY W. SPINK, M.D., ARTHUR A. NELSON, M.D.WESLEY W. SPINK, M.D., ARTHUR A. NELSON, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-4-721 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBacterial endocarditis due to brucella organisms is an infrequent, but serious complication, that may occur in patients with brucellosis. A review of the literature indicates that many cases have been reported as brucella endocarditis without adequate anatomical or bacteriological proof. In a recent comprehensive review of the pathology of brucellosis due to brucella of bovine origin, Albertini and Lieberherr1state that reports of brucella endocarditis are usually instances of brucellosis with a coincidental endocarditis present. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Minneapolis, Minnesota*Received for publication July 25, 1938.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology, the University of Minnesota Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byManagement of Brucella Endocarditis with Aortic Root AbscessCardiovascular complicationsBrucella mellitensis Endocarditis on a Porcine Heterograft BioprosthesisBrucella endocarditis on double valvular prosthesisDie BrucellosenErkrankungen des EndokardCardiac pathology in experimental brucellosisBrucellosisBrucella abortus EndocarditisBrucellosis in EgyptDefinition und GeschichtlichesSome Biologic and Clinical Problems Related to Intracellular Parasitism in BrucellosisConcomitant Brucellosis and TuberculosisDie BrucelloseWHAT IS CHRONIC BRUCELLOSIS?*WESLEY W. SPINK, M.D., F.A.C.P.Subacute bacterial endocarditis of nonstreptococcic etiologyBrucella melitensis endocarditisBrucellosisA case of infection with brucella sius, causing endocarditis and nephritis; Death from rupture of mycotic aneurysmThe Diagnosis and Treatment of BrucellosisPathogenesis of subacute bacterial endocarditisAbortus Fever 1 October 1939Volume 13, Issue 4Page: 721-728KeywordsAnatomical pathologyBrucellaBrucellosisEndocarditisHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...