How To Spot Brucellosis

Endocarditis

Endocarditis is when the interior lining of an individual's heart muscle experiences inflammation due to some mechanism. Endocarditis caused by brucellosis is a life-threatening and rare complication of the infection. The most common part of an individual's heart to be affected by endocarditis is the aortic valve, which is the valve between the left ventricle and aorta. This type of endocarditis can occur in both mechanical and native cardiac valves. The most prevalent group of individuals who develop this manifestation of brucellosis are those affected by structural heart disease. The microbial infection can occur in surgical intracardiac shunts, septal defects, intracardiac surgical patches, surgical cardiovascular interventions, intracardiac prosthetic devices, nonsurgical cardiovascular interventions, prolonged insertion of a central venous catheter, and nonsurgical intracardiac shunts. The prevalence of endocarditis in this group of individuals is due to the tendency of the brucellosis bacteria to stick to damaged heart tissue.

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