Cardiovascular complications of brucellosis are rare, but account for most deaths of this disease. Only a few case reports describe infected aortic aneurysms caused by Brucella melitensis. In this report we present a patient with rupture of a non-dilated abdominal aorta due to Brucella melitensis infection.
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Published online: July 09, 2007
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