Review of aortic involvement in human brucellosis

Abstract

The aorta is the main blood vessel of the body, and this vessel may be involved during the course of some infectious and non-infectious diseases. Inflammation of the aortic wall is defined as aortitis. Although aortitis is a life-threatening emergency, its incidence is very low in both children and adults. Among the defined infectious causes of aortitis, there are infectious diseases such as Salmonellosis and syphilis. Human brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that can cause complications in many organ systems and present with focal disease as well as systemic infection. However, little is known about many issues such as clinical features and therapeutic approaches in patients with aortic involvement as a rare complication of brucellosis. In this study, we aimed to compile cases with aortic involvement of brucellosis in the light of the literature.

Keywords

• Brucellosis
• human brucellosis
• aortitis
• aorta

İnsan brusellozunda aort tutulumlarının derlemesi

Abstract

Aort vücudun ana damarı olup, bu damar bazı enfeksiyöz ve non enfeksiyöz hastalıkların seyri sırasında tutulabilir. Aort duvarının inflamasyonu aortit olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Aortit; yaşamı tehdit edebilen bir acil olup insidansı gerek çocuklarda gerekse de erişkinlerde oldukça düşüktür. Aortitin tanımlanmış enfeksiyöz nedenleri arasında salmonelloz, sifiliz gibi enfeksiyöz hastalıklar bulunmaktadır. İnsan brusellozu, birçok organ sisteminde komplikasyonlar oluşturabilen, sistemik enfeksiyon tablosunun yanı sıra fokal hastalık tabloları ile de karşımıza çıkabilen zoonotik bir hastalıktır. Bununla birlikte, brusellozun nadir bir komplikasyonu olarak aort tutulumu olan hastalarda klinik özellikler, terapötik yaklaşımlar gibi birçok konu hakkında çok az şey bilinmektedir. Biz de bu çalışmada, aort tutulumu olan bruselloz olgularını literatür eşliğinde derlemeyi amaçladık.

Keywords

• Bruselloz
• insan brusellozu
• aortit
• aort

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