TITLE PAGE: BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS: FROM NON-ENDEMIC AREA: A CASE REPORT.

Sumana. M.N; Sunil Kumar; Rashmi. P. Mahale; Deepak Kumar; Krishna Karthik. M.

doi:10.21474/IJAR01/1625

30 Sep 2016 Vol. 4 (09) pp. 1655-1660 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/1625

TITLE PAGE: BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS: FROM NON-ENDEMIC AREA: A CASE REPORT.

Sumana. M.N, Sunil Kumar, Rashmi. P. Mahale, Deepak Kumar and Krishna Karthik. M.

Professor, Dept.of Microbiology, JSS Medical College, Mysore.
Associate Professor, Dept.of Cardiology, JSS Medical College, Mysore.
PG student, Dept of Microbiology, JSS Medical College, Mysore.

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Abstract

Brucellosis is an anthropozoonosis caused by Brucella melitensis, B.abortus, B.suis and few other species of Brucella. It has worldwide distribution. It can be asymptomatic infection on one hand and the other hand it can cause serious debilitating disease, if left untreated can be fatal. We hereby report a case of Brucellosis with endocarditis as a complication and multisystem involvement which proved to be fatal in spite of treatment.

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Sumana. M.N, Sunil Kumar, Rashmi. P. Mahale, Deepak Kumar and Krishna Karthik. M. (2016); TITLE PAGE: BRUCELLA ENDOCARDITIS: FROM NON-ENDEMIC AREA: A CASE REPORT., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 4 (09), 1655-1660, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/1625