Transient electrocardiographic changes during two episodes of relapsing bruceliosis

Hanan Gur, Dov Gefel, Ran Tur-Kaspa

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Abstract

Cardiac involvement in the course of acute bruceilosis is rare and, when present, is usually manifested by endocarditis. Myocarditis is very infrequent and in the few reported cases, the course of the disease was fuhninant. A patient with recurrent bruceliosis who presented transient electrocardiographic T wave changes during two episodes of acute illness is reported.It is suggested that the patient had minor asymptomatic myocarditis in thecourse of recurrent brucellosis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)544-545
Number of pages2
JournalPostgraduate Medical Journal
Volume60
Issue number706
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1984
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Brucellosis
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Myocarditis

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