Brucellosis and thrombosis of the inferior vena cava

Kristina Rüegger; Philip Tarr; Konstantinos Karatolios; Jörg Humburg; Rolf Hügli; Christina Jeanneret

doi:10.1024/0301-1526/a000585

Brucellosis and thrombosis of the inferior vena cava

Vasa. 2017 Jan;46(1):60-63. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000585. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Authors

Kristina Rüegger¹, Philip Tarr², Konstantinos Karatolios³, Jörg Humburg⁴, Rolf Hügli⁵, Christina Jeanneret³

Affiliations

¹ 1 University Department of Internal Medicine, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
² 2 Infectious Diseases Service, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
³ 3 Division of Angiology, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
⁴ 4 Gynaecology Department, Kantonsspital Baselland, Bruderholz, Switzerland.
⁵ 5 Radiology Department, Kantonsspital Baselland, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland.

PMID: 27871206
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000585

Abstract

We describe the case of a 23-year old woman with a newly diagnosed thrombosis of the inferior vena cava associated with a Brucella melitensis infection. We suggest possible mechanisms leading to brucellosis-associated venous thrombosis and review 14 previously reported cases. .

Keywords: Thrombosis of the inferior vena cava; hepatic brucellosis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Brucella melitensis / isolation & purification*
Brucellosis / diagnosis
Brucellosis / drug therapy
Brucellosis / microbiology*
Brucellosis / transmission
Cheese / microbiology
Female
Food Microbiology
Humans
Phlebography / methods
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
Vena Cava, Inferior* / diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anticoagulants