Association of brucella endocarditis with intracerebral haemorrhage

Int J Cardiol. 1987 Aug;16(2):214-6. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(87)90256-7.

Abstract

We describe a case of brucella endocarditis which was strongly suspected on clinical grounds and subsequently confirmed by bacteriological, serological and echocardiographic investigations. The endocarditis, in a 42-year-old Saudi male, was complicated by intracerebral haemorrhage, presumably from a ruptured mycotic aneurysm. Although such a complication is well documented in other forms of infective endocarditis, it has not been reported in brucellosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brucellosis / complications*
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male