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Acta Médica Costarricense

On-line version ISSN 0001-6002Print version ISSN 0001-6012

Abstract

VILLALOBOS-ZUNIGA, Manuel Antonio; BARRANTES-VALVERDE, Edith  and  MONGE-ORTEGA, Patricia. Brucella abortus Endocarditis. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2011, vol.53, n.3, pp.154-157. ISSN 0001-6002.

The case of a 36-year-old patient from a rural area is presented. He came with an 8 month history of fever, myalgias, arthralgias, weight loss and lower back pain; who also had an aortic insufficiency murmur detected. The diagnosis of aortic valve endocarditis was made by echocardiography, and had 4 positive blood cultures for Brucella abortus biotype 3, and negative serologic test for brucellosis. He was started on antibiotics and later on underwent aortic valve replacement, with a late coronary cardioembolism as a complication.

Keywords : Brucelosis; endocarditis; Costa Rica; Brucellosis; endocarditis; Costa Rica.

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