Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis

A 40-year-old farmer from the district of North Karnataka who had received treatment for high fever of 8 days duration was admitted with fever, dyspnea, and poor general condition. Ultrasonography and echocardiogram revealed multiple splenic abscesses, vegetation on atrioventricular valve, aortic re...

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Autores principales: Purwar, Shashank, Metgud, Sharada C., Karadesai, Shankar G., Nagamoti, Mahantesh B., Darshan, Arathi, Tiwari, Shreshtha
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_12_17
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author Purwar, Shashank
Metgud, Sharada C.
Karadesai, Shankar G.
Nagamoti, Mahantesh B.
Darshan, Arathi
Tiwari, Shreshtha
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description A 40-year-old farmer from the district of North Karnataka who had received treatment for high fever of 8 days duration was admitted with fever, dyspnea, and poor general condition. Ultrasonography and echocardiogram revealed multiple splenic abscesses, vegetation on atrioventricular valve, aortic regurgitation (Grade I–II), and mitral valve regurgitation (Grade II–III), respectively. Brucella melitensis was detected in blood culture, and high titers of IgM and IgG anti-Brucella antibodies were observed in Brucella specific serological tests. The patient developed fulminant septicemia and succumbed due to multi-organ failure.
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spelling pubmed-56077712017-10-01 Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis Purwar, Shashank Metgud, Sharada C. Karadesai, Shankar G. Nagamoti, Mahantesh B. Darshan, Arathi Tiwari, Shreshtha J Lab Physicians Case Report A 40-year-old farmer from the district of North Karnataka who had received treatment for high fever of 8 days duration was admitted with fever, dyspnea, and poor general condition. Ultrasonography and echocardiogram revealed multiple splenic abscesses, vegetation on atrioventricular valve, aortic regurgitation (Grade I–II), and mitral valve regurgitation (Grade II–III), respectively. Brucella melitensis was detected in blood culture, and high titers of IgM and IgG anti-Brucella antibodies were observed in Brucella specific serological tests. The patient developed fulminant septicemia and succumbed due to multi-organ failure. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5607771/ /pubmed/28966504 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_12_17 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Laboratory Physicians http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Tiwari, Shreshtha
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title Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis
title_full Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis
title_fullStr Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis
title_full_unstemmed Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis
title_short Triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by Brucella melitensis
title_sort triad of infective endocarditis, splenic abscess, and septicemia caused by brucella melitensis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5607771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28966504
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_12_17
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