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Sanjeev Kumar Agarwal1, Ali Raza Rajani, Kosar Hussain, Mangesh Manoharrao Dande.
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A young man presented with a 2-month history of fever and malaise. Cardiac auscultation revealed the presence of a diastolic murmur. Subsequently, a cardiac echocardiogram was done, which showed a large vegetation adherent to an anterior mitral leaflet. The blood culture was positive for Brucella species. The patient was given antibiotic therapy for brucellosis and referred for surgery. Brucella endocarditis is one of the rarest, yet most notorious complications of this infection. This condition requires a high degree of clinical suspicion in order to facilitate prompt diagnosis and treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 23608860 PMCID： PMC3645227 DOI： 10.1136/bcr-2013-009163
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN： 1757-790X