Case Reports in Infectious Diseases (Jan 2013)

Brucellosis Presenting with Pericarditis: Case Report and Literature Review

  • Fábio Lopes Pedro,
  • Fernanda Paula Franchini,
  • Leonardo Muraro Wildner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/796437
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013

Abstract

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Pericarditis is a rare manifestation during the course of brucellosis. This paper describes a case of pericarditis associated with brucellosis in a 31-year-old veterinary physician with a past medical history of testicular tumor and reviews the cases of pericarditis associated with brucellosis in medical English literature.