RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Persisting fever in a patient with brucella endocarditis: occult splenic abscess
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP e20
OP e20
DO 10.1136/heart.89.7.e20
VO 89
IS 7
A1 Yilmaz, M B
A1 Kisacik, H L
A1 Korkmaz, S
YR 2003
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/89/7/e20.abstract
AB Brucella endocarditis, despite its high mortality rate with combined medical and surgical treatment, has a low occurrence rate in cases of brucellosis and has been endemic in regions surrounding Turkey. Rarely, patients with infective endocarditis with common microorganisms develop a splenic abscess. A patient is reported on with brucella endocarditis and persistent fever. An occult splenic abscess was found. This is the second reported case in the literature of brucella endocarditis with splenic abscess.