29 July 2022>: Articles
Systemic Brucellosis with Arrhythmogenic Cardiac Inflammatory Pseudotumor
Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Krzysztof Kaczmarek A* , Romuald Wojnicz C , Paweł Ptaszyński B , Jerzy Krzysztof Wranicz B , Iwona Cygankiewicz BDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935259
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935259
Table 1. List of laboratory tests focused on the underlying cause of the inflammatory pseudotumor.
Blood culture – negative (both aerobic and non-aerobic) [IgM |
HCV – hepatitis C virus; HBV – hepatitis B virus; HIV – human immunodeficiency virus; EBV – Epstein-Barr virus; CMV – cytomegalovirus; CRP – C-reactive protein; ANA – antinuclear antibodies; cANCA – antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies targeting proteinase 3; pANCA – antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies targeting myeloperoxidase; RF – rheumatic factor; EIA – enzyme immunoassay; EIT – enzyme immunologic test; MONA – multiple of normal activity; IHA – indirect hemagglutination assay; IFA – indirect immunofluorescence assay; IIA – indirect immunoassay; IHC – immunohistochemical assay; ELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; BBU – Biomedica Borrelia units; TP – total proteins; Alb. – albumins; ACE – angiotensin converting enzyme. |