valvular involvement in brucellosis

Lung Involvement in Brucellosis

Brucella, a genus of Gram-negative bacteria is the causative agent of brucellosis. The disease, which can affect many organs and systems, is a major public health issue in developing countries where animal husbandry is a common practice. Brucellosis can involve almost any organ system, such as joint, heart, kidney, and particularly the reticuloendothelial system. Although respiratory system inv...

Hip involvement in childhood brucellosis.

We reviewed 190 children with brucellosis admitted over a 7.8-year period. Seventy of these had articular involvement (36%) and the most common site was the hip (18%). All but one patient had unilateral infection. The hip was the only joint infected in 20 patients (57%). The next most common articular site was the knee. All patients had painful limitation of movement and this was the only artic...

Tuberculous endocarditis: valvular and right atrial involvement.

Valvular endocarditis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity. It is usually manifest in the context of disseminated tuberculosis in immunocompromised patients. This report describes a unique case of a 30-year-old immunocompetent man with an incidental finding of tuberculous valvular endocarditis. The patient had a large mass on the anterior mitral leaflet and severe mitral ...

Pulmonary involvement of Brucellosis: a report of six cases.

BACKGROUND Pulmonary involvement of brucellosis rarely occurs due to inhalation of infected aerosol or hematogenous overspreading. OBJECTIVE The study aimed to reveal the pulmonary manifestations of brucellosis that occur rarely in Brucella infections in the context of six cases in this report. METHODS Between 1998-2008, 82 patients with brucellosis treated and followed up at infectious dis...

Brucellosis in Camels in Iran

Osteoarticular involvement in brucellosis: study of 196 cases in the Republic of Macedonia.

AIM To describe the frequency, types, clinical characteristics, diagnostic tools, and outcome of osteoarticular brucellosis. METHODS The study was carried out at the Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Skopje between January 1998 and December 2002. Three hundred and thirty one consecutive patients with brucellosis were enrolled and prospectively assessed according to a previously designed pro...