Brucella abortus Endocarditis

1 September 1957

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation

Vol. 16 (3) , 411-413
https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.16.3.411

Abstract

A case of bacterial endocarditis due to B. abortus is described in a 35-year old white man. The disease was engrafted on pre-existing rheumatic disease of the aortic valve. The diagnosis was based on a classical clinical picture and course with positive blood cultures and characteristic agglutinations. No source of infection was found. Treatment with Aureomycin and streptomycin was successful and the patient survived without functional impairment.

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