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Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment of Human Brucellar Spondylodiscitis
Published on: May 23, 2021
Ostium secundum atrial septal defect endocarditis caused by brucella infection
1Preventive Cardiovascular Research Centre Kermanshah, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Abstract:
The most common cardiovascular presentation of brucellosis (a zoonotic infection) in Iran is aortic valve endocarditis. Brucellosis is a systemic infection and may involve any congenital heart defect with various clinical signs and symptoms. We report brucella endocarditis in an atrial septal defect (ASD) in a 55-year-old man who presented with fever and hemiplegia. Echocardiography showed a secundum ASD with large vegetations of 0.5×1 cm arising from the rim of the ASD. Serological analysis was positive for Brucella agglutinin, thus confirming the diagnosis. The brain CT scan revealed a large ischaemic zone in the left hemisphere. At surgery, large vegetations were excised and the defect was closed with fresh pericardium. After surgery the patient was treated with a 4- week course of antibiotics. His recovery was uneventful except for the neurological deficit (hemiplegia); he was discharged on postoperative day 35.
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